Mongolia Welcomes Dalai Lama Over China’s Objections

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Mongolia Welcomes Dalai Lama Over China’s Objections

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Mongolia on Friday to begin a four-day visit despite strong objections by Beijing, which views the exiled former national leader of Tibet as an international troublemaker bent on separating Tibet from Chinese control.

Following his arrival from Japan at about 4:30 p.m. local time, the Dalai Lama was welcomed at the airport by government representatives, by senior monks of Mongolian monasteries, and by the Indian ambassador. He was then escorted with his entourage to a government guesthouse.

The Dalai Lama’s visit, described as religious in nature by officials in the predominantly Buddhist country, will take him on Saturday to Gaden Thekchen Choeling, Mongolia’s largest monastery, where he will speak to abbots and senior religious teachers from across the country.

He will also visit the monastery of the Kalkha Jetsun Dampa, the ninth head of Mongolia’s Buddhist community.

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