Jun 5, 2009
THE HAGUE (AFP) — Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, urged the international community Friday to make an independent assessment of the situation in the region and put pressure on China to end the "oppression".
"Please, international community, judge whether there is a problem or not. Go there and investigate," he told members of the Dutch parliament on the final day of a three-day visit.
"In the case the majority of people genuinely are happy, then our information is wrong ... and we will have to apologise to the Chinese government.
"If, on the other hand, there is real resentment to China's ... oppression, then tell the Chinese government they should accept the reality and should start a realistic approach. Force is not a solution."
The 73-year-old exiled Buddhist spiritual leader told MPs his faith in the Chinese government was growing "thinner" with all efforts at negotiation having failed.
Tibet's future, he stressed, lay within the People's Republic of China but with cultural and religious autonomy.
"We are not seeking separation," he said, dismissing Chinese claims he was seeking the establishment of a greater, independent Tibet.
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