The former envoy to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has told the German parliament that China wants to destroy the core of Tibetan identity. The former envoy has told at a hearing in the German Bundestag in Berlin on May 8, 2019 according to the report by International Campaign for Tibet.
“China wants to destroy the core of Tibetan identity and replace Tibetan culture and religion with a state-approved and controlled version, Kelsang Gyaltsen, the former Special Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Europe said at a hearing in the German Bundestag in Berlin on May 8, 2019.” said the report.
Gyaltsen was speaking as an expert on the situation of Tibetan Buddhism in a hearing called “Religious Freedom: The human rights situation of religious minorities in China” in the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the Bundestag.
While Mr. Kelsang Gyaltsen told at the hearing that Chinese government has not right to interfere in the matter of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, he also urged the German government to make it clear that they would not recognize such a Dalai Lama appointed by the Chinese.
He said according to the report that situation of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, etc., is indicative of the Chinese government’s disrespect for international legal norms and unwillingness to follow principles of peaceful conflict resolution. He suggested the situation in Tibet and other regions should be followed with particular attention by German politics.
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