BEIJING, July 10 – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she asked Chinese leaders in meetings Sunday to contact the Dalai Lama and said the exiled Tibetan leader is no threat to China.
Rice, speaking at a news conference after meeting President Hu Jintao and other leaders, said she asked them to “reach out to the Dalai Lama.”
Rice was in Beijing to discuss efforts to persuade North Korea to relinquish its nuclear ambitions.
The secretary said she also talked with Chinese leaders about human rights and religious freedom.
