Tibetan Group Says Arias
Asked Dalai Lama Not To
Visit Costa Rica
The vice-president of
the Asociación Cultural
Tibetano-Costarricense,
Milagro Rodríguez,
claims that the
"unofficial" visit of
the Dalai Lama - Tenzin
Gyatso - to Costa Rica
planned for September
10, was cancelled at the
request of Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias.
"The visit is totally
ruled out", said
Rodríguez, who assures
that the decision is
tied to the official
visit of China's
president, Hu Jinato,
planned for October.
"The government
considers the presence
of the Dalai Lama in
September will provoke a
cancellation of the
Chinese president", said
Rodríguez.
The visit of the the
Chinese president has
been in the planning
stage for some time
after Arias visited
China last October,
following the
establishment of
diplomatic relations
between the two
countries.
For the time being the
Foreign Ministry is
being quiet on the Dalai
Lama decision.
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