US President Barack Obama would meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the White House Map Room on 18 February, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs has said, informed an official spokesman of the Tibetan government in exile here on Friday.
“He's a spokesman for Tibetan rights. The president looks onward to an engaging and constructive dialogue,” Gibbs has said.
This would be the first meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Obama as the US President obama.
The White House earlier said the problem was discussed when President Obama met the Chinese president in November.
"The President told China's leaders during his trip last year that he could meet with the Dalai Lama, and he intends to do so. The Dalai Lama is an globally respected religious and cultural leader, and the President will meet him in that capacity," Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton had said.
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