China, South Africa's main trade ally, welcomed the decision to ban the Tibetan leader from entering the country
THURSDAY, 2 OF OCTOBER 2014
The Dalai Lama in a file photo
The mayor of Cape Town, Patricia from Lille, announced this Thursday the suspension of the annual awards summit Nobel Peace Prize, which was to be celebrated this month in that city, in protest against the refusal ofsouth african government to grant the visa toDalai Lama, one of the guest laureates. "Después de muchas consultas y deliberaciones, It has been decided that the world summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners in 2014, scheduled for 13 al 15 October in the South African capital, sea suspendida", dijo De Lille en una conferencia televisada por la televisión pública sudafricana."La primera razón es que el Gobierno sudafricano ha rechazado darle a su santidad el dalái lama el visado para asistir a la conferencia", the mayor explained, member of the first opposition force in the national parliament, the Democratic Alliance (AD).
De Lille has announced that the permanent secretariat of the Nobel Peace Prize conference is considering finding a new venue for the event, y ha asegurado que la única posibilidad de que Ciudad del Cabo albergue la cita es que se conceda "de forma incondicional" the visa to the Tibetan leader. The mayor recalled the letter recently signed by fourteen Nobel Prize winners invited to the conference, in which they demanded that the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, to allow the Dalai Lama to enter the country. The letter has not received any response from Zuma or his Government so far., who is accused of not allowing the Dalai's trip to please thechinese government.
South Africa-China Alliance
The former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner has appeared alongside De Lille Frederik de Klerk, who has criticized the boycott announced by several Nobel Prize winners of the meeting scheduled in Cape Town. "Estoy convencido de que no fue la respuesta más adecuada a la denegación del visado", De Klerk declared, who has pointed out that both he and the Nobel Prize winner, the south african archbishop Desmond Tutu, They tried to convince the guests to attend. With it, has indicated De Klerk, They intended to turn the conference into a protest against the attitude of the South African Government towards the Dalai Lama., who has denied the Tibetan leader a visa three times in five years. De Klerk se ha mostrado "decepcionado" de que los premiados "no vengan y protesten aquí en Sudáfrica". Desmond Tutu was also scheduled to participate in the press conference with De Lille and De Klerk, but he could not attend because he was not feeling well.
The past 4 September, the representative of the Dalai Lama in South Africa announced that the Government had told him that it would deny the visa application presented to his legation in New Delhi by the spiritual leader, who lives exiled in India from 1959 and is a global symbol of resistance against chinese regime. hours later, The Dalai Lama has canceled his trip to South Africa. For your part, The Government of Beijing has welcomed South Africa's decision not to grant the Dalai Lama a visa. China is South Africa's largest trading partner, next to the Asian giant, It is part of the group of the first emerging economies known as BRICS.: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
