Countries are urged to act cautiously on Dalai Lama

Senior official says religious freedom for all ethnic groups is protected

Fewer officials from governments or organizations in foreign countries have met with the 14th Dalai Lama in recent years, and organizing such meetings deviates under all circumstances from commitment to the Chinese government being the sole legitimate government of China, a senior official said on Saturday.

The 14th Dalai Lama is not only a religious figure, but also a political figure. After fleeing China in 1959, he established a so-called government-in-exile, whose goal and core agenda is the independence of Tibet and to separate China, said Zhang Yijiong, executive deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.