United States President Barack Obama will appear in public with Dalai Lama at an event that will take place next week in Washington, The White House reported this Friday, In a gesture that will surely bother Beijing.
WASHINGTON DC. – "El presidente (Obama) hablará en el Desayuno de Oración Nacional sobre la importancia de mantener la libertad religiosa".
"Este año, The organizers also invited their holiness, he DalaiLama", said National Security Council spokeswoman, Bernadette Meehan.
La Casa Blanca subrayó que ambos hombres se han reunido tres veces antes y no anunciaron una "reunión específica" among them.
In addition, some previous meetings have been held to closed doors, In a gesture designed to minimize the offense that can be caused to China.
14° Dalai Lama left Tibet in 1959, After a failed uprising against the Chinese command and has lived in India, exiled, since then.
China accuses al Dalai Lama to seek the separation of the Tibet from the rest of China and to promote a rise in the region.
At your last meeting, In February of 2014, The White House insisted that the Dalai Lama fue recibido "como un líder espiritual y cultural de prestigio internacional", implying that he was not invited as a political leader.
Nor had it been received in the prestigious Oval Hall, reserved for the heads of state and foreign government.
