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May 11 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) ALL FOR DIPLOMACY - BJP Chief Cancels Meeting with Dalai BhavnaVij Aurora New Delhi ***A scheduled meeting between BJP president Amit Shah and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was cancelled after a message from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).*** [Emphasis added.] Shah was told that such a meeting days before PM Modi's important visit to China will be "highly inappropriate". Shah was supposed to meet the Tibetan leader in-exile on May 2 at Dharamshala, but the meet was cancelled at the last minute. "The meeting, had it taken place, would have sent negative signals to the Chinese.These signals are very important in the conduct of foreign p o l i c y, " claimed a sen ior BJP lead er. However, the leader as serted that the cancellation of meeting did not underationship with mine India's relationship with the Tibetan spiritual leader. He insisted that the PM himself was expected to meet the Dalai Lama sometime later this year."It is all in the realm of diplomacy . The exiled Tibetans were disappointed but the Dalai Lama understands," he added. BJP's national executive member and strategic affairs expert Seshadri Chari said India's position on Tibet had not changed. Shah's meeting with Dalai Lama had been scheduled during his visit to Dharamshala, where he had gone to address the party's Himachal Pradesh state executive meeting. Click To Enlarge Click To Enlarge -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
