12 May 2008
Dalai Lama calls for international media presence in Tibet
(AFP) The Dalai Lama urged China and the international community to facilitate an international media presence in Tibet, in an interview with Polish television. He said the presence of foreign journalists was essential "to see what is happening". He said recent talks between China and his envoys were made possible because Chinese leaders were beginning to be "concerned" at world opinion about the situation in Tibet, just months away from the Beijing Olympics. But asked whether he thought China was serious or "just buying time" by agreeing to the talks, the Dalai Lama told TVP2: "Too early to say; I don't know".