New Delhi, March 19: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said India after building a “good” friendly relationship with China could play a role in solving the Tibet issue.
“Sino-Indian relations must improve. It should not be just a diplomatic smile but real sort of good friendship on the basis of trust (and) mutual trust… We can build the genuine Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai (Indians and Chinese are brothers) relations… I think, sooner or later it must develop. Because Tibet is next to the border, so India with that trust with Chinese leaders can help to reduce the problem… This is what I feel,” the Dalai Lama told a TV channel in an interview.
He said that talks “is the only way forward” to solve the issue but described the current Chinese policy on Tibet as “unrealistic”.
He said the Tibetan struggle was not against the Chinese people but against the policy makers of the country.
—Agencies