On November 10, 2005, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli
answered re****ters' questions during the Daily Press Briefing, and one
of them asked about Secretary Condoleezza Rice' meeting with Dalai
Lama.
Read the whole session in
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2005/56786.htm
where the related question and answers are shown below:
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QUESTION: Adam, yesterday His Holiness Dalai Lama was here
at the State Department -- met with the Secretary and the Secretary
of State is going to China and I understand that His Holiness had a
strong and im****tant message for the Secretary as far as his
homeland and persecution of human rights and religious rights and
the persecution of his people and freedom for his country, Tibet,
is concerned.
What do you have to say -- what we really don't know inside what he
told her and what she assured him of these -- that for the last
50-plus years his people are being persecuted and going through, I
would say, hell. That's what he described in her meeting with his
people here.
MR. ERELI: Well, I would note that the Secretary and the Dalai Lama
had a good meeting yesterday. Obviously he is a revered religious
leader and we spoke with him in that spirit.
They talked about the status of dialogue with the Chinese
Government. They talked about refugee assistance. We noted that
we were encouraged by three visits by the Dalai Lama's special
envoys to China in the last three years, as well as their most
recent discussions in Bern. We made the point that we hope to see
this process lead to meaningful dialogue and resolution of
longstanding areas of difference. And that's how I would
characterize the conversation.
QUESTION: Just a follow-up. Is the Secretary going to raise these
questions and others in connection with Tibet and Dalai Lama's
meeting in China when she's there with the Chinese leaders?
MR. ERELI: Well, she'll be with the President. I don't -- you know, I
don't have anything to preview for you on those comments -- on
those issues.
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