inthenews

DALAI LAMA

Tibetan spiritual leader cancels planned visit to Botswana because of “exhaustion”

1 The Dalai Lama had been expected to address a human rights conference in Botswana, which infuriated China — a major investor in the African country —with its foreign ministry demanding “the relevant country earnestly respect China’s core interests and make the correct political decision”

2

In a statement on Friday the Dalai Lama’s office said his doctors had advised him to avoid undertaking long journeys for the next few weeks

3

Beijing accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking to separate Tibet from China, a charge which the spiritual leader denies.