Dalai India's honoured guest: Antony

ANTONY-DALAI

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) Defence Minister of India A K
Antony on Friday said Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama
was an honoured guest of India but he would not be allowed to
indulge in political activities here.

"The Dalai Lama is an honoured guest of our country but
at the same time he would not be allowed to indulge in
political activities," he said when asked about the Chinese
accusations that the Buddhist leader was spoiling relations
between India and China.
The Defence Minister was speaking to reporters on the
sidelines of a Defence Awards ceremony here.
Beijing has been opposing the Dalai Lama's proposed visit
to a Buddhist monastery in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh in
north-east India on Sunday.
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and other top
political leadership have been maintaining that the spiritual
leader was India's guest and can visit any place in the
country but is not allowed to indulge in politics here.
On the ongoing visit of a US Defence delegation to India,
Antony said, "It is a routine thing. We have a close
interaction with them occasionally and that interaction is
going on at the Defence Secretary level." PTI AJD
SDE


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