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发帖数: 7511 | 1 NEW DELHI (AP) — A spokesman says the Dalai Lama will not attend memorial
services for fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela in South
Africa, where the Buddhist spiritual leader has twice been unable to obtain
a visa.
Tenzin Takhla gave no reason Monday for the Dalai Lama's missing a memorial
service in Johannesburg and funeral in Mandela's hometown.
Takhla said only that "logistically it's impossible at this time."
South Africa blocked the Dalai Lama from attending a Nobel laureates' peace
conference in 2009, and stalled on a 2011 visa until the Tibetan leader
withdrew the application.
The Dalai Lama has been based in the Indian hill town of Dharamsala since
fleeing from China in 1959. He seeks more autonomy for Tibet, but China
accuses him of being a separatist.
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