Dalai Lama succession: China warns India against interfering in Tibet-related matters

[ad_1] China warned India on Friday in opposition to interfering in Tibet-related issues after an Indian minister supported the Dalai Lama’s assertion that his successor needs to be chosen by a Tibetan nonprofit group, rejecting strikes by China to steer his succession.

Video: China warns India in opposition to interfering in Tibet-related issues “Nobody has the best to intervene or determine who the successor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama might be,” stated Kiren Rijiju, India’s minister for minority affairs.

China’s international ministry urged India to be prudent in its phrases and actions.

“We hope the Indian aspect will totally perceive the extremely delicate nature of Tibet-related points, acknowledge the anti-China separatist nature of the 14th Dalai Lama,” stated spokesperson Mao Ning.

India’s international ministry spokesman Shri Randhir Jaiswal in a while Friday launched an announcement saying, “Authorities of India doesn't take any place or communicate on issues regarding beliefs and practices of religion and faith.”

Tibetan non secular chief the Dalai Lama meets with spiritual leaders on the finish of a three-day convention in Dharamsala, India, July 4, 2025. (OHHDL) The Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959, acknowledged on Wednesday that upon his loss of life, he can be reincarnated as the subsequent non secular chief and that solely the Gaden Phodrang Belief can be approved to establish his successor.

Beijing maintains it has the best to approve the Dalai Lama’s successor.

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) stated in an announcement: “The method of reincarnation for Tibetan Buddhists is a sacred custom. Any try by the CCP to intervene on this non secular matter is an unacceptable violation of spiritual liberty and have to be swiftly condemned by the worldwide neighborhood.”

Penpa Tsering, president of the Tibetan authorities in exile, spoke to reporters in Dharamsala on the finish of the three-day convention of Tibetan spiritual leaders, the place the Dalai Lama affirmed his succession plans.

“If China tries to make use of this in any means, in any means, we is not going to acknowledge it. Sooner or later additionally we is not going to settle for any of China’s selections.”