Chinese leader may talk with Dalai Lama: Brown
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said he is prepared to hold discussions on Tibet with the Dalai Lama.
Getting a UK visa now becomes tougherBrown said he spoke with Wen early Wednesday to call for restraint after violent protests marking the biggest challenge to Chinese rule in Tibet in almost two decades.
"I made it absolutely clear that there had to be an end to violence in Tibet," Brown told a lawmaker in the House of Commons.
"The premier told me that, subject to two things the Dalai Lama has already said - that he does not support the total independence of Tibet and that he refrains from violence - that he would be prepared to enter a dialogue with the Dalai Lama," Brown said.
Brown said he would meet Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader during his visit to London in May.
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