As reported by news agency PTI, US fears that the influence of the Dalai Lama over the exiled Tibetan community might be waning, the Buddhist spiritual leader made desperate appeals for American intervention during the 2008 unrest in Lhasa to “make an impact” in China, according to secret US cables published by WikiLeaks.

Cables released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks show the US diplomats in New Delhi were in for a surprise when the Dalai Lama, instead of harping on the Tibet issue, asked during a meeting that the international community should focus on climate change because environmental problems were more urgent.

US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer felt that the Dalai Lama may be seeking to reframe the Tibet issue “as an environmental concern”.

 

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