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The White House announced on Friday that Obama will meet the Dalai Lama for the first time in over a year.
"(Obama), of course, showing some concern for fundamental human values, human rights, religious freedom," the Dalai Lama said after the meeting, according to Kate Saunders, communications director of the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet.
"Naturally, he shows genuine concern for the suffering in Tibet and elsewhere," Saunders quoted the Dalai Lama as saying.
There was no comment from the White House about the details of the meeting.
China, which accuses the Dalai Lama to be a separatist who supports the use of violence to establish an independent Tibet, said that he opposes any meeting between him and foreign government officials.
Nobel Prize-winning China denies accusations, saying that he wants a peaceful transition to autonomy for the remote Himalayan region that China rules with an iron hand since 1950, when Chinese troops moved in.
When you declare a meeting at the White House said that Obama wanted to emphasize his "sustained support" for a dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government to settle the dispute.