France against the independence of Tibet

France is officially against the independence of Tibet, explained Friday the ministry of the foreign business, after a call of the Chinese Prime minister, Wen Jiabao, to a clarification of the French position on the Franco-Chinese relations.

"We are not favorable to an independence of Tibet. Our position is absolutely unaltered the one of the support to the territorial integrity of China and the refusal of the secessionist perspective or support to the independence of Tibet. We are attentive to what he can have a religious liberty there and of cultural practice of the Tibetans. To pacify tensions, he appears useful to us that there is a dialogue between the authorities of Peking and the Dalai llama. One continues to hope that it can be productive " , declared the spokesman of the Embankment of Orsay, Eric Chevallier.

Wen Jiabao had declared yesterday that the problems between the two countries resulted from "the meeting between the French leader and the dalai llama. It touched one of the topics that results more from the heart in China and knocked the feeling of the Chinese people." The Chinese Prime Minister had called France to take a position without ambiguousness bound on the problems in Tibet so that the relations to recover the earliest: "It not only corresponds to the interests of China and France, but also to the interests of China and the european union. Our position with regard to Tibet is constant and without ambiguousness and the door is always opened to the dialogue with the dalai llama provided that this last gives up its secessionist attempt. "


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