LONDON Green Party Euro-MP is to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness The Dalai lama at a House of Commons meeting tomorrow.
Jean Lambert, a member of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee, will discuss the future of Tibet and the role played by the EU in defending Tibetan human rights - and its position in trade diplomacy with China.
Mrs Lambert said: "Since China's annexation of Tibet more than 50 years ago the UN has passed resolution after resolution calling on China to guarantee political autonomy, religious freedom and international human rights standards on the plateau.
"These conditions have not been met and Tibet continues to suffer increasing militarisation and environmental destruction - and Tibetans are denied their religious freedoms and continue to suffer human rights abuses at the hands of the Chinese authorities."
The meeting, in the Attlee Suite of Westminster's Portcullis House tomorrow, has been organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet.
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