NEW DELHI – Under pressure from China, India has cancelled the globalconference on Tibet.
After the cancellation of events involving the Dalai Lama in Delhi, aglobal conference on Tibet, scheduled for next month, has also been putoff, officials in Delhi and Dharamshala confirmed to *The Hindu. *
The decision reflects “sensitivities” over upcoming high profile meetingsbetween 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 highprofile event was going to be held in India 24 years after it was firstheld.
The last such convention, held in Canada in 2012, had attracted more than50 parliamentarians from 30 countries.