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'Furious' China warns UK of 'serious consequences' over private meeting with Dalai Lama | China has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron
and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of 'serious consequences' for the UK after
they had a private meeting with spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. China 's foreign
ministry said that Monday's meeting between the Dalai Lama and the British leaders
had 'seriously interfered with China 's internal affairs'. According to The Daily
Mail, Britain 's ambassador in Beijing , Sebastian Wood, was summoned to the foreign
ministry to receive a rebuke from China 's vice foreign minister Song Tao. A spokesman
said Song had told Wood that the British leaders should fully consider the 'serious
consequences' of ignoring China 's objections and going ahead with the meeting.
He urged Britain to take 'practical actions to correct the error,' the report
said. "We call on the British side to stop conniving at and supporting separatist
attempts to achieve Tibetan independence, take practical measures to eliminate
the terrible impact and take actions to preserve Chinese-British relations," the
paper quoted Song, as saying. "The Dalai Lama travels all over the world and has
visited the UK several times in the past, and I believe that former prime ministers
also met him when they were in office,' the spokesman added. The Dalai Lama met
Cameron and Clegg at St Paul 's Cathedral, where he received the Templeton Prize
for his work affirming the spiritual dimension of life.
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