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China 'ready to engage on Tibet' China holds 'frank' Tibet talks
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Beijing has shown willingness to seek common ground with exiled Tibetans but major differences remain on key issues, an envoy of the Dalai Lama says. A spokesman for the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, says talks with Chinese officials last week were "open and frank".
Two aides of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader travelled to Beijing last week to discuss recent violence. In his first remarks since the talks, Lodi Gyari said both sides had "strong and divergent views" on the causes of violence in Tibet in March.
Lodi Gyari, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama, said China was asked to release Tibetan prisoners and end its "patriotic re-education" drive there. The envoy said a date for further talks would be announced soon.
A date for further talks would be formalised soon, he said. China has accused the Dalai Lama of instigating the violence and of seeking to undermine the Beijing Olympics.
'Concrete proposals' Two aides of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader travelled to Beijing for the talks on Sunday.
"We have called for the release of prisoners, to allow those injured to be given proper medical treatment and give unfettered access to visitors, including the media," Mr Gyari said in a statement issued in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala, home of the Tibetan government-in-exile. It was the first contact between the two sides since anti-China protests in Tibet in March turned violent.
"We have also called for an end to the "patriotic re-education" campaign which is deeply resented by the Tibetan people," he said. Release prisoners
Each side exchanged "concrete proposals which can be part of a future agenda", the statement said. In a written statement, Mr Gyari said each side had exchanged "concrete proposals which can be part of a future agenda".
"Despite major differences on important issues, both sides demonstrated a willingness to seek common approaches in addressing the issues at hand," Mr Gyari said. But he categorically rejected Chinese accusations that the Dalai Lama had instigated unrest and demonstrations in Tibet.
The two envoys travelled to China for talks last weekend in what was the first contact between the two sides since anti-China protests in Tibet in March turned violent. Instead, he described the events in Tibet as the inescapable consequences of decades of wrong official policy.
Beijing has blamed the Dalai Lama for masterminding the protests, a charge the spiritual leader has always denied. "The task at hand is to address the legitimate concerns of the Tibetan people in a realistic and constructive way," he said.
He said the Tibetan side had asked for the release of prisoners and access to medical treatment for the injured.
Mr Gyari also called for an end to China's "patriotic re-education" campaign, which he said was deeply resented by the Tibetan people.