Envoys for China and Dalai Lama To Meet for Second Round of Talks
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SHENZHEN, China — The Dalai Lama’s envoys and Chinese officials plan a second round of talks after holding their first meeting since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March, China’s state-run news agency reported yesterday.
The Xinhua News Agency, which quoted unidentified sources, did not say when or where the next round of meetings would be held. The report said that Chinese officials had answered questions raised by the Dalai Lama’s envoys at the meeting in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
“The two sides agreed another round of contact would be held at an appropriate time,” Xinhua said, citing the unidentified sources.
But Xinhua added that the Chinese officials told the Dalai Lama’s envoys that the violent protests “had given rise to new obstacles for resuming contacts and consultations with the Dalai side.”
President Jintao said in Beijing as the two parties met that he hoped for a “positive outcome” and that the “door of dialogue remains open,” Xinhua reported earlier yesterday.
