German rift over Dalai Lama visit
By Hugh Williamson in Berlin and James Blitz in London
Published: May 20 2008 01:48 | Last updated: May 20 2008 01:48
Splits on key foreign policy issues that have dogged Germany’s uneasy grand coalition government came once again to the fore on Monday – this time over the visit of the Dalai Lama.
Tibet’s spiritual leader on Monday used a rally of thousands of supporters at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate to call for further dialogue with Beijing on “greater autonomy” for the troubled region.
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