Both sides agree to meet again
The Dalai Lama’s envoys Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, who were holding talks with the Chinese authorities in Shenzhen, returned to India on Tuesday. Not much headway has been reported at the daylong talks, though the envoys were reported to have said in Hong Kong, on their way back, that the talks were "a good first step". Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the two sides had agreed to meet again for a further round of talks. This was the seventh round of talks between the two sides since 2002. Nothing much has been achieved at these talks with both sides sticking to their stated positions.