China: Dalai Lama succession issue a ‘thorn’ in relations with India

The connection comes up of Indian Foreign Minister's sojourn to China for the archetypal clip since deadly borderline clashes successful 2020

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The succession of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is simply a thorn successful China-India relations, the Chinese embassy successful New Delhi said connected Sunday, arsenic India's overseas curate prepares to sojourn China for the archetypal clip since deadly borderline clashes successful 2020.

Ahead of celebrations this period for his 90th day that were attended by elder Indian ministers, the caput of Tibetan Buddhists riled China again by saying it had nary relation successful his succession. Tibetans judge the psyche of immoderate elder Buddhist monk is reincarnated aft his death, but China says the Dalai Lama's succession volition besides person to beryllium approved by its leaders.

The Dalai Lama has been surviving successful exile successful India since 1959 pursuing a failed uprising against Chinese regularisation successful Tibet, and Indian overseas relations experts accidental his beingness gives New Delhi leverage against China. India is besides location to astir 70,000 Tibetans and a Tibetan government-in-exile.

Yu Jing, a Chinese embassy spokesperson, said connected societal media app X that immoderate radical from strategical and world communities successful India had made "improper remarks" connected the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.

Yu did not sanction anyone but successful caller days, Indian strategical affairs analysts and a authorities curate backed the Dalai Lama's remarks connected his succession.

"As professionals successful overseas affairs, they should beryllium afloat cognisant of the sensitivity of issues related to Xizang," Yu said, utilizing the Chinese sanction for Tibet.

"The reincarnation and succession of the Dalai Lama is inherently an interior matter of China," she said.

"(The) Xizang-related contented is simply a thorn successful China-India relations and has go a load for India. Playing the 'Xizang card' volition decidedly extremity up shooting oneself successful the foot."

Indian Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, who sat adjacent to the Dalai Lama during the day festivities a week ago, has said that arsenic a practising Buddhist, helium believes lone the spiritual guru and his bureau person the authorization to determine connected his reincarnation.

India's overseas ministry said connected July 4, 2 days earlier the Dalai Lama's birthday, that New Delhi does not instrumentality immoderate presumption oregon talk connected matters concerning beliefs and practices of religion and religion.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar volition beryllium attending a determination information gathering nether the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation successful Tianjin successful bluish China connected July 15 and clasp bilateral meetings connected the sidelines.

This volition beryllium 1 of the highest-level visits betwixt India and China since their relations nosedived aft a deadly borderline clash successful 2020 that killed astatine slightest 20 Indian and 4 Chinese soldiers.

Late past month, India's defence curate held talks with his Chinese counterpart successful China connected the sidelines of a defence ministers' gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.