The Dalai Lama arrived in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning, marking the beginning of the controversial spiritual leader’s nine-day visit to the disputed region, which has left China completely miffed.
The Dalai Lama arrived in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday morning, marking the beginning of the controversial spiritual leader’s nine-day visit to the disputed region, which has left China completely miffed.
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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prema Khandu used the occasion to castigate China for its claim over India’s north-eastern state. « As far as China is concerned my message to them is straight India doesn’t share a border with China, we share our border with Tibet. They shouldn’t be worried, » he said.
Earlier, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stressed that the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh is purely a religious affair and there is nothing to the visit that should upset a third party country.
But such diplomatic statements have done little to assuage China. Beijing considers the Dalai Lama as a « dangerous insurgent » and Arunachal Pradesh as a « territorial conflict » that cannot be compromised on.
