UK calls Dalai Lama to talk on human rights

Tue, May 13 04:11 PM

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will address the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament on May 22 on human rights issues including those in China.

The Tibetan leader has agreed to a request in this regard by the Foreign Affairs Committee, his office said in Dharamsala on Tuesday.

The meeting with the British Parliamentary committee will take place in Boothroyd room, portcullis house, the office of the Dalai Lama said.

The UK Foreign Affairs Committee is scrutinising the foreign and commonwealth office human rights annual report focussing on issues and countries where human rights are an area of concern.

"Given the particular interest in china's human rights record in 2008, the committee has requested the Dalai Lama to speak on a range of human rights issues when he visits UK in May and the noble laureate has agreed to this request," his office quoting the UK's committee said.

The Dalai Lama will meet UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on May 23, the sources said.

The Dalai Lama's office said, "Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet the Tibetan leader in his capacity as a spiritual leader but no doubt it would be an opportunity to discuss recent situation in Tibet."

During his nine-day tour of UK, the Dalai Lama will deliver a series of public talks and confer teachings, they said.

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