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    • Agencies Tags : Arunachal Pradesh, Dalai Lama, China Posted: Tuesday , Nov 10, 2009 at 1609 hrs Washington:
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    US has said that Dalai Lama can visit any place of his choice.

    Amid objections raised by China over the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, United States has said the Tibetan spiritual leader has the right to visit wherever he wants to and talk to people.

    "The Dalai Lama is primarily an internationally respected religious figure. And he, of course, has the right to go wherever he wants and talk to people that he chooses to talk to," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said yesterday.

    On being asked about US position on the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, which is claimed by China as a disputed territory and contested by New Delhi as an integral part of India, Kelly said, "We just don't see it in any other way than that. We don't think we have a position, necessarily, on his decision to travel to this area."

    Last week, a top US official had also supported the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh saying he was free to go anywhere as a religious figure.

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    "The Dalai Lama is a religious leader and he, of course, can travel to carry out that role," US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero had told journalists in New Delhi.

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    China's secular stand supports Congress party's policies against Communal Hindus and BuddhistsBy: Maulana Jawaher Lull Nehlu | 11-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Kudos to China for supporting the secular cause of brother Communists/Maowadies, Saintly Christians of North East, and their all weather friends the Muslims of Pakistan and Bonglades. These noble forces of secularism will always prevail over communal Hindus, and as ChudamBuram has said, it is the duty of Hindus to protect Muslims Maowadies and Christians so they can fully remove the communal Hindus. China by this statement has now openly supported the secular cause of Congress and will help Congress further by liberating Arunachal from Hindu/Buddhist and help to convert it fully into Christian/Communist/Muslim.
    Opt satnd Taken by USBy: Ruturaj | 11-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward God bless India and US..! :)
    Nuanced words from US diplomat needs careful reading of tea leavesBy: N J Ramesh | 11-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward This non-commital statement by US is not suprising. So far the new US Administration has refrained from taking any position on Tibet which may hurt Chinese sentiments. The stakes involved for US-China relationship, be it economic equations, climate treaty and a host of political issues including Iran, N Korea and Pakistan are much too high for US to perturb the finely tuned balance. The only long term realistic Indian option to counter China is build trustworthy relationships within SAARC, particularly with Pakistan. This alone would be consistent with Indian non-alignment policy and provide for realistic coping with strategic security threats emerging from global arena. A strategic architecture with developed democracies makes sense only after SAARC security framework is in place.
    Boycott Chinease made goods to teach China a lessonBy: Rakesh K Sharma | 11-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward China has started flexing its muscles all over the world. US Businessmen have made one mistake. They have China economically successful. In order to teach China a lesson, people all over the world need to boycott Chinease made goods. China mafia uses slave labor to produce cheap products, and no one has been able to stop them. 90% people in China are suffering. And China wants to dictate things to others. China must not forget that any misadventure like 1962 will be met with huge strike that may put China 50 years behind.
    Dalai Lama has right to visit wherever he wants to: USBy: Chand Kumar Shukla | 10-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward The U.S. view on this matter must be ignored (either way), they are playing games. President Obama refused to meet his Holiness the Dalai Lama, while President Bush a man of guts always respected His Holiness. Experts will tell you that the powerful Jewish Lobby has strong ties with Communist China (this must never be ignored) and President Obama is strongly influenced by the former. As time does not stay still and 2009 is not 1962, thus India has not worry about the Chinese militarily, yet we must stay catious and continue to arm and expand our armed forces further.
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