Beijing agrees to Tibet talks
Rowan Callick; 26/4/08
China last night moved to reopen talks with the Dalai Lama in an effort to prevent the Olympic Games from being engulfed in controversy over its stance on Tibet. The official Xinhua news agency said Beijing would start negotiations with a personal representative of the exiled Tibetan leader “in the coming days”. It said the first talks in almost a year followed repeated requests “made by the Dalai side for resuming talks”. Tenzin Takla, a spokesman forthe 72-year-old Dalai Lama, last night welcomed the offer as “a step in the right direction”. He said the issue could only beresolved by face-to-face meetings.
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