Dalai Dilemma: Khama unmoved after two-hour plea

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

President Ian Khama recently emerged unfazed after a two-hour meeting with local Chinese Embassy officials who pleaded with him to reverse government’s contentious decision to welcome the Dalai Lama, parliament heard this afternoon.

International Affairs and Cooperation minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi said Chinese officials had also held one-on-one meetings with Members of Parliament and traditional leaders, including Bangwato regent, Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane in Serowe.

Local Chinese officials and their superiors in Beijing are scrambling to stop Botswana from opening its doors to the Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader from the Tibet region of China.

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Dalai Dilemma: Khama unmoved after two-hour plea

President Ian Khama recently emerged unfazed after a two-hour meeting with local Chinese Embassy officials who pleaded with him to reverse government’s contentious decision to welcome the Dalai Lama, parliament heard this afternoon.