Dalai Lama's envoys, China to hold talks this month

National,Politics, Fri, 03 Oct 2008 IANS Dharamsala, Oct 3 (IANS) Envoys of Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama are busy chalking out strategy for the eighth round of talks on autonomy for Tibet with the Chinese government to be held by the end of this month. The parleys that resumed in September 2002 have been aimed at allowing more autonomy for the Buddhist region but so far there has been no major breakthrough. 'The talks will certainly be held in the last week of this month, but the exact dates will be revealed once we get final clearance from the Chinese leadership,' Dalai Lama's spokesman Thubten Samphel told IANS Friday. Special envoys Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, who participated in the last round of talks in China, will again try to tie the loose ends. Said Samphel: 'We are keeping our fingers... [read full story]