Talks held with Dalai Lama's representatives

SHENZHEN: Central government officials and the private representatives of the Dalai Lama agreed after a meeting yesterday to hold another round of contact at an appropriate time.

The meeting, arranged at the repeated requests made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, was held between central government officials Zhu Weiqun and Sitar (who uses only one name) and the Dalai Lama's two private representatives, Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen.

The two representatives, who arrived in the southern city on Saturday, expressed their views and said they would report truthfully on what had been discussed at the meeting to the Dalai Lama, sources told Xinhua.