of the present day DELHI, March 10 ...

of the present day DELHI, March 10 Kyodo

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urg China upon Monday to take a [i]de novo[/i] initiative to resolve the Tibetan issue, [i]or[/i] part of to the other dialogue that would, in employ help Beijing go a protracted way in reassuring the world.

''A novel creative initiative to resolve the issue of Tibet would assist as a very convincing sign that China is changing, maturing and becoming more receptive to assuming a greater part on the global stage as a reliable and forward-looking power,'' the Dalai Lama said in a statement onward the 44th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day.

For the first time in years, statement is mild and les critical of the Chinese government

While appreciating the sleek transfer of Chinese leadership from the third to fourth generation and calling it a sign of political maturity and adaptability, the Dalai Lama said Beijing has been lacking ''a pragmatic and flexible'' approach when it be due [i]or[/i] owings to upholding the basic civil and political rights of its citizens, especially minorities.

The Tibetan spiritual leader lauded the release of Tibetan and Chinese prisoners of conscience in the past year and also appreciated Beijing's efforts to allow his ministers to visit China and Tibet to interact with local Tibetan officials.

''It is my sincere faith that the Chinese leadership will find the courage, vision and wisdom for of the present day openings to solve the Tibetan issue between the walls of dialogue,'' the Dalai Lama said in the statement.

He reiterated his ''middle way approach'' propos since the 1970 that does not call for independence or separation of Tibet, nevertheless instead provides for genuine autonomy for the six million Tibetans to keep their distinctive identity, promote their religious and cultural heritage and to defend the delicate environment of the Tibetan plateau.

The Dalai Lama said he will continue to make each effort to reach a mutually acceptable solution.

The Tibetan spiritual leader reiterated that it is up to Tibetans to decide whether the centuries-old institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not. He also echo backed that he would not hem in any office or political position one time Tibetans are allowed limited autonomy.

The Dalai Lama dismissed allegations that his efforts are aimed at the restoration of Tibet's of long date social system and said a coming events Tibet would follow a democratic and secular order of governance.

The Dalai Lama and his followers fl to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against China.

More than 100000 Tibetan exiles are spread all through India and a Tibetan-government-in exile exists in Dharamsala in the Indian Himalayan state Himachal Pradesh.

India considers Tibet an autonomous part of China and the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader to whom it has given covert lending no support to any political aspirations of the Tibetans in India.

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