EFE – Aboard the papal plane
The Pope denied today that he did not want to receive last December at Dalai Lama and said he did not do it for the provisions of the Vatican protocol, During a press conference aboard the plane back to Rome from the Philippines.
"Es costumbre no recibir a personalidades y jefes de Estado cuando están en una reunión internacional", Pope Francis explained to the media, Among them Efe, that accompanied him on the plane from Manila.
Francisco said it wasn't, as written in some media, porque "tenía miedo a China".
"Él pidió una audiencia y se dijo que no en ese momento. El motivo no era un rechazo a su persona o el miedo a China", The Pontiff reiterated.
The Tibetan spiritual leader was in Rome in mid -December to participate in an international conference in which there were other personalities, Like him, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
About negotiations for a possible trip in China, Francisco dijo que en el Vaticano "están abiertos" y "quieren paz" con todos y que "el Gobierno chino está siendo educado, y también el Vaticano es educado y se hacen las cosas paso a paso".
"Ellos saben que yo estoy dispuesto a recibir o a ir (a China), Indian.
