Alluding to Mexico's measures will China?

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ads MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday, held a meeting "personal" with the Dalai Lama. This is a move that will surely offend China, which mentions that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader was seeking independence.

Parties of Calderon's office said in a statement that the pair had discussed the importance of promoting ethical values ​​in contemporary society. Mexican president reaffirmed the country's recognition of "one-China principle" and the full recognition of Chinese sovereignty over Tibet.

The Dalai Lama himself described the meeting as "very good" and occurs in an atmosphere of "friendly". He added that Calderon was asked about the situation in Tibet.

The meeting was not on the public agenda Calderon, and also become part of the official schedule of the third Dalai Lama's visit to Mexico. He arrived in Mexico on Thursday (08/09/2011) night. Beijing considers Tibet as part of "inseparable" from China and the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India and is regarded as one who seeks to divide the country.

China regularly protested the Dalai Lama's meetings abroad. In July, China said that U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with the Buddhist priest had damaged relations between the two countries.

Instead, the Dalai Lama said that he was seeking the rights of the larger peacefully in Tibet and accept Chinese rule. Nobel Peace Prize winner it fled Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. He later founded the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamshala, northern India, but then handed the role of political leadership in May.KOMPAS.com