China has told the envoys of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama that it would make “no concessions” on Tibet’s sovereignty.
Top Chinese Communist Party officials concluded the ninth round of secret talks with special envoys in Beijing and issued a brief statement.
“During the meetings (Communist Party) officials …
reiterated that no concessions would be made on issues concerning China’s national sovereignty,” Xinhua news agency said.
The agency said that the Dalai Lama’s representatives Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen had “expressed their opinion” on relevant issues without elaborating.
The official Chinese statement said the Communist Party officials had briefed the envoy of the Dalai Lama on what it called recent achievements made by the Tibet Autonomous Region over the past years. .