Yahoo – AFP,
18 Sep 2014
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Tibetan
spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, pictured at the Tsuglakhang temple in the Indian
town of McLeod Ganj, in Dharamsala, on March 16, 2014 (AFP Photo/Lobsang
Wangyal)
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Mumbai
(AFP) - The Dalai Lama hailed Xi Jinping as "more open-minded" as the
Chinese president held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rare
visit to India.
"Xi
Jinping's approach (is) more realistic, more open-minded" than that of his
Chinese predecessor Hu Jintao, the Tibetan spiritual leader told reporters in
Mumbai on Thursday.
"Xi
Jinping's thinking (is) more realistic, more open-minded, so he can learn more
things from India," he continued.
"After
all, Sino-India relations on the basis on new trust is very important, very
essential."
He made the
comments as the two political leaders held talks in New Delhi as part of Xi's
three-day visit to India, where the Dalai Lama has lived since 1959.
The
presence in India of the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet following a failed uprising
against Chinese rule there, is a source of tension between the two giant Asian
rivals.
The Nobel
Peace Prize winner supports "meaningful autonomy" for Tibet within
China rather than outright independence. But China accuses the Dalai Lama of
covertly campaigning for Tibet's independence and calls him a
"splittist".
As Xi and
Modi held formal talks on boosting trade and strategic ties, Tibetan students
protested against China outside the venue in the capital.
About 20
students shouted "We want justice" for Tibet and waved Tibetan flags
before police dragged them kicking and screaming into waiting buses outside the
Hyderabad House.
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