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China Indignant at Dalai Lama's Being Invited to EP And His Speech at EP General Assembly
A leader official of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's National People's Congress ( NPC) said in Beijing on October 27 that in defiance of China's repeated presentations and strong opposition, a few responsible members of the European Parliament (EP) gave permission to the Dalai Lama's visit and provided him with a platform against China on October 24 at EP's General Assembly, allowing him to deliver a long, fact- distorting speech to wantonly attack the Chinese Government and unscrupulously peddle his plot of splitting China.
He said such erroneous acts naturally arouse China's great indignation.
He pointed out that the Chinese government has time and again reiterated that the issue of the Dalai Lama is not a religious issue but a political one, and that the Dalai Lama is not merely a religious figure but a politician-in-exile who indulges in activities of splitting the motherland. This is not at all the so- called "issue of Tibet". The situation in Tibet is quite satisfactory and the Tibetan people are content with it. What really exists is the issue of Dalai's separatist activities.
He said we disagree with any country and international organizations that render invitation to and meet with the Dalai Lama in any name and style and provide the Dalai clique with venues for doing separatist political activities. Such acts by a few members of the EP as to allow Dalai to step onto the EP forum to deceive the international community has not only greatly hurt the feelings of the Chinese people but also damaged the healthy advancement of the Sino-European relations.
He said, recently a few members of the EP who have prejudice against China frequently tabled in confrontational style some irrational bills or resolutions to deliberately vilify China. These bills or resolutions repeatedly make irresponsible remarks on such issues as Tibet, Taiwan, human rights and religious freedom. By distorting facts or even fabricating stories, they are aimed at making unwarranted charges against China. We can't help asking wherever the EP is going to drag the Sino-European relations to?
He pointed out that China sincerely hope that the EP could take into consideration of the overall Sino-European friendly cooperation relationship and no longer do anything that will hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and be detrimental to the image of the EP. China holds that dialogues should be held between China and EP on the basis of mutual respect and equality so as to promote mutual understanding, broaden consensus and reduce misunderstanding and differences.
He added that as for the issue of Tibet, China would rather hope the EP members could put aside prejudice and learn the true picture of Tibet by visiting there themselves. In this way they will be able to avoid making erroneous judgments and conclusions based on biased opinions and information and avoid hampering the sound development of Sino-European relations.
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