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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9791

27 November 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china
Beijing postpones Summit of 1 December in protest

Brussels, 26/11/2008 (Agence Europe) -China has decided to postpone its summit with the EU, which was due to take place in Lyons on Monday 1 December, in protest against the meeting between the current president of the European Council, Nicolas Sarkozy, with the Dalai Lama in Poland on 6 December. A Council press release explains that the Chinese gave as their reason for requesting the postponement of the summit "the fact that the Dalai Lama will at the same time be on a further visit to...

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