Chinese foreign ministry hits back at Indian minister\u2019s stand on Dalai Lama\u2019s succession plans.<\/b>
\nChina has urged India to stop using Tibet issues to interfere in domestic affairs, again spelling out Beijing\u2019s position on the succession of the Dalai Lama.
The Chinese foreign ministry made the call on Friday, a day after a senior Indian minister said that only the Dalai Lama and the trust he set up had the authority to identify his successor as the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism.
The comment is in opposition to China\u2019s long-held position that the succession should be in line with tradition and Chinese law.
\u201cWe hope India can fully recognise the high sensitivity of issues related to Tibet, and clearly see the anti-China and separatist nature of the 14th Dalai Lama,\u201d ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
\u201cIndia should honour its commitments on Tibet-related matters, exercise caution in word and deed, stop using Tibet-related issues to interfere in China\u2019s internal affairs, and avoid undermining the improvement and development of China-India relations.\u201d
The comments were in response to a rare statement on the succession from Kiren Rijiju, India\u2019s minister of parliamentary and minority affairs.<\/p>\n