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BEIJING — The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been denied a visa by the South African government to attend a Nobel peace conference in Cape Town next month, his representative in South Africa, Nangsa Chodon, told Reuters on Thursday.BEIJING — The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been denied a visa by the South African government to attend a Nobel peace conference in Cape Town next month, his representative in South Africa, Nangsa Chodon, told Reuters on Thursday.
Mr. Nangsa Chodon said the Dalai Lama had withdrawn his visa application after being told by officials that the visa would not be granted. The South African Foreign Ministry said an office in India, where the Dalai Lama lives, had received the visa application but had not rejected it; the visa was undergoing “normal due process,” the ministry said, according to Reuters.Mr. Nangsa Chodon said the Dalai Lama had withdrawn his visa application after being told by officials that the visa would not be granted. The South African Foreign Ministry said an office in India, where the Dalai Lama lives, had received the visa application but had not rejected it; the visa was undergoing “normal due process,” the ministry said, according to Reuters.
In Beijing, Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, was asked by a foreign reporter at a news conference on Friday about the visa problem. Mr. Qin said: “China highly appreciates the respect given by the South African government to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the support given to China on this issue.” In Beijing, Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, was asked by a foreign reporter at a news conference on Friday about the visa problem. Mr. Qin said, “China highly appreciates the respect given by the South African government to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the support given to China on this issue.”
This is the third denial of a visa to the Dalai Lama by South Africa in five years.This is the third denial of a visa to the Dalai Lama by South Africa in five years.