20 MINUTES: Merkel receives Richard Gere at the Chancellery to address the situation in Tibet


The American actor is a staunch defender of the rights of the Tibetan region and president of the NGO International Campaign for Tibet Gere., of 67 years and friend of the Dalai Lama, He also met with the German politician of the Greens, Claudia Roth.

EFE. 09.02.2017
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, received this Thursday the American actor Richard Gere, staunch defender of the rights of Tibet, with whom he addressed the current situation in that region, official sources reported. Gere, which is in the German capital on the occasion of the Berlinale, He attended the interview as president of the NGO International Campaign for Tibet. Regarding the possible reaction to the meeting by China, for which the Tibet region is an inseparable part, deputy spokesperson for the German government, Ulrike Demmer, subrayó la semana pasada cuando se anunció la reunión que Alemania "apoya la política de una sola China, also, naturally, en lo que respecta al Tíbet". He added that he also defends the rights of minorities in Tibet and the right of Tibetans to cultural and religious autonomy within China.. Gere, of 67 years and friend of the Dalai Lama, leader of the tibetans, met on Wednesday with German Greens politician Claudia Roth, also a firm defender of the rights of Tibetans and whom she has known for years.

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