THE country hopes the Dalai Lama can “return to the right path,” and is open to discussions about his future as long as certain conditions are met, Beijing said.
China is open to talks about the future of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate as long as he abandons his position of splitting the “motherland,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun.
The Dalai Lama needs to openly recognise that Tibet and Taiwan are inalienable parts of China, whose sole legal government is that of the People’s Republic of China, Guo said, using the country’s official name.
The Dalai Lama stepped down in 2011 as the political leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile, which Beijing does not recognise.
As the Dalai Lama ages, the question of his successor has become increasingly urgent.
But the Dalai Lama says he will clarify questions about the succession around the time of his 90th birthday in July. — Reuters
