Updated Saturday, October 13, 2007 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Bush to meet privately next week with Dalai Lama

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President George W. Bush will meet privately on October 16 with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the White House announced Thursday, despite the risk of angering China. Bush will meet with the Dalai Lama in a private part of his White House residence away from the prying eyes of the press, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

The U.S. leader has always met privately with the exiled Tibetan leader in the past, probably in a bid to lessen Beijing’s fury at such a meeting. The day after their meeting here Bush will attend a ceremony at which the Dalai Lama will receive the Congressional Gold Medal at Capitol Hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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