Under pressure from China, India cancels global conference on Tibet scheduled next month
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NEW DELHI - Under pressure from China, India has cancelled the global conference on Tibet.
After the cancellation of events involving the Dalai Lama in Delhi, a global conference on Tibet, scheduled for next month, has also been put off, officials in Delhi and Dharamshala confirmed to *The Hindu. *
The decision reflects “sensitivities” over upcoming high profile meetings between the Indian and Chinese leadership, they said.
The cancellation of the 7th World Parliamentarian’s Convention on Tibet, which had been planned for April 26-28 in Delhi is significant as the high profile event was going to be held in India 24 years after it was first held.
The last such convention, held in Canada in 2012, had attracted more than 50 parliamentarians from 30 countries.
