Ready to negotiate with China: Dalai Lama

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, branded by Beijing as a separatist, said on Thursday he was ready to negotiate with China on issues concerning his homeland.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, branded by Beijing as a separatist, said on Thursday he was ready to negotiate with China on issues concerning his homeland.

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"Our position is very clear. We are always ready (to negotiate) as long as we get a green light from China," the Dalai Lama said in Taipei on the second last day of a visit to Taiwan. No such green light had yet been given by China, he said.

His August 30-September 4 visit to Taiwan has focused on prayers for victims of a typhoon that killed up to 745 people last month.

The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. He has visited Taiwan twice before.