China pulls out of EU summit to protest Dalai-Sarkozy meet
China has pulled out of a summit with the European Union in Lyon in France next Monday to protest against a planned meeting between
French president Nicolas Sarkozy with the Dalai Lama on December 6. The Chinese leadership decided to forgo a major opportunity to forge an economic partnership with the EU to make its point that no government leader should meet the Tibetan leader. The meeting was expected to resolve trade differences between the two sides and work jointly to counter the global slowdown. China, which regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist politician trying to wreck the nation, had earlier warned world leaders like the German chancellor and Australian prime minister of severe consequences to bilateral relationship if they meet the Tibetan leader. But they went ahead and met the Dalai Lama.
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