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Dalai Lama hints at retirement
Dharamsala (HP), Oct 26 (PTI) Hinting that he was planning to retire, the Dalai Lama has said he has "given up" on efforts to convince China to allow greater autonomy for Tibet after having led the Tibetans' struggle for half a century.
"I have been sincerely pursuing the middle way
approach in dealing with China for a long time now but there
hasn't been any positive response from the Chinese side," the
Tibetan temporal head said at a function here Saturday ahead
of the third round of talks between his envoys and Beijing.
"As far as I'm concerned I have given up," said the
73-year-old noble laureate, according to excerpts of the
speech of the Tibetan monk provided by the office of Karma
Cheophel, Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in-exile.
The Dalai Lama said he would now ask the Tibetan
people to decide on how to take the dialogue forward.
Cheophel, who translated the speech of the Dalai Lama
at the function, said "earlier he (the Dalai Lama) used to
say that he is semi retired but now he says he is almost
completely retired."
The Dalai Lama recently underwent a gall bladder
surgery in Delhi.
The spiritual leader's spokesman Tenzin Takhla told
PTI Sunday that the Dalai Lama has called a six-day special
meeting of Tibetans at Macleodganj starting November 17 to
discuss other options for resolving the vexed Tibetan issue.
The meeting is being attached great importance as this
is for the third occasion after 1951 and 1959 that such a
conclave has been organised.
After a failed uprising against Chinese, rule the
Dalai Lama had fled to India in 1959.
The special meeting would be attended by officials of
the Tibetan government in-exile here, intellectuals, social
workers and people from different walks of life, Takhla said.
During the deliberations, alternate options would be
discussed to take forward Tibetans struggle for solution of
the vexed issue in view of the fact that China was not showing
any "positive" inclination to the Dalai Lama's middle way
approach.
Takhla said the next round of talks between the
special envoys of the Dalai Lama and Chinese authorities is
expected by the end of October. He did not specify the dates.
Two rounds of inconclusive talks have been held
between the two sides this year on resolving the Tibetan issue
following massive pro-Tibet protests that threatened to
overshadow Beijing Olympics.
On China repeatedly accusing the Dalai Lama of
"masterminding" protests in Tibet, Takhla said it was just an
an "excuse" to keep the solution of the Tibetan issue at the
backburner.
Beijing could send their representatives to
Dharamsala, headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile,
to go through our files, speeches of the temporal head and
watch our daily activities, he said. PTI CORR
RKM
"I have been sincerely pursuing the middle way
approach in dealing with China for a long time now but there
hasn't been any positive response from the Chinese side," the
Tibetan temporal head said at a function here Saturday ahead
of the third round of talks between his envoys and Beijing.
"As far as I'm concerned I have given up," said the
73-year-old noble laureate, according to excerpts of the
speech of the Tibetan monk provided by the office of Karma
Cheophel, Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in-exile.
The Dalai Lama said he would now ask the Tibetan
people to decide on how to take the dialogue forward.
Cheophel, who translated the speech of the Dalai Lama
at the function, said "earlier he (the Dalai Lama) used to
say that he is semi retired but now he says he is almost
completely retired."
The Dalai Lama recently underwent a gall bladder
surgery in Delhi.
The spiritual leader's spokesman Tenzin Takhla told
PTI Sunday that the Dalai Lama has called a six-day special
meeting of Tibetans at Macleodganj starting November 17 to
discuss other options for resolving the vexed Tibetan issue.
The meeting is being attached great importance as this
is for the third occasion after 1951 and 1959 that such a
conclave has been organised.
After a failed uprising against Chinese, rule the
Dalai Lama had fled to India in 1959.
The special meeting would be attended by officials of
the Tibetan government in-exile here, intellectuals, social
workers and people from different walks of life, Takhla said.
During the deliberations, alternate options would be
discussed to take forward Tibetans struggle for solution of
the vexed issue in view of the fact that China was not showing
any "positive" inclination to the Dalai Lama's middle way
approach.
Takhla said the next round of talks between the
special envoys of the Dalai Lama and Chinese authorities is
expected by the end of October. He did not specify the dates.
Two rounds of inconclusive talks have been held
between the two sides this year on resolving the Tibetan issue
following massive pro-Tibet protests that threatened to
overshadow Beijing Olympics.
On China repeatedly accusing the Dalai Lama of
"masterminding" protests in Tibet, Takhla said it was just an
an "excuse" to keep the solution of the Tibetan issue at the
backburner.
Beijing could send their representatives to
Dharamsala, headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile,
to go through our files, speeches of the temporal head and
watch our daily activities, he said. PTI CORR
RKM
