Mongolia Vows No More Dalai Lama Visits After China Turns Screws
- Government ‘feels sorry’ for hosting Tibetan leader last month
- Beijing says neighbor must learn lessons from incident
The Dalai Lama , left, speaks to worshippers in -20 degrees Celcius temperatures at the Gandantegchilen monastery in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Nov. 19, 2016.
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Mongolia’s government pledged to extend no more invitations to the Dalai Lama after China signaled that a trip last month by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could derail ties.
“The Dalai Lama’s visit by the invitation of Gandan Monastery negatively affected two countries and these two countries have a misunderstanding,” Mongolian Foreign Minister Munkh-Orgil Tsend told the Onoodor newspaper Wednesday. “The government feels sorry for this,’’ he said, adding that the Dalai Lama “probably won’t be visiting Mongolia again during this administration.’’