Deutschland loves the Torch, and Merkel takes command of liberty in the EU. "We will certainly meet again," signs on Merkel in the Dalai Clique. Germany has the moral high ground in the EU because of its deserved disgraces in the last century. Now Merkel at the head of the Grand Coalition, moves Germany into the Tibet must be free camp. Hu does not have a counter. German is not only a customer; it is a trusted consultant and source of authority in the EU.
Merkel leads Sarkozy and Brown. Blair best catch up if he wants the EU presidency.
April 12, 2008
TIBET DISPUTE
Merkel Defies China, Says She Would Meet Dalai Lama Again
Despite protests from Beijing, the Dalai Lama remains a welcome guest of politicians in Germany. The president of Germany's parliament plans to ignore Chinese pressure to cancel a meeting with the Nobel prize recipient. Chancellor Merkel has said she would also like to see the Tibetan again.
DPA
The Dalai Lama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel: We will "certainly meet again."
Angela Merkel has sent out a signal in the midst of the controversy over the crackdown in Tibet and the appropriate way to deal with the communist regime in Beijing: The German chancellor has announced a future meeting with the Dalai Lama. Merkel will be in Latin America during the time of the Dalai Lama's next visit to Germany, "but I will certainly meet again with the Dalai Lama at a later point in the future," she told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper.
Merkel also defended her decision to hold a reception for the Nobel peace prize recipient in the Chancellery last September -- an event that sparked a serious diplomatic row (more...) between Berlin and Beijing. "First of all, my reception of the Dalai Lama and my dealings with China are two different things," she said. "But both are related to how we deal with whether or not human rights are being observed or disregarded, and Germany's position here is clear, and receiving the Dalai Lama also belongs to that."
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