Dharamsala, July 23 (Inditop.com) Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will get honorary citizenship of Warsaw during his visit to Poland next week, his aides said here Thursday.
“On the invitation of the Warsaw administration, His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) is visiting Poland next week. He will be conferred honorary citizenship of Warsaw July 29,” Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama’s office, told IANS.
He said the Tibetan leader is also visiting Germany and Switzerland.
For two weeks, the Dalai Lama will be travelling to Poland, Germany and Switzerland for delivering lectures and attending functions.
“It will be a great honour for the Dalai Lama to receive the honorary citizenship of Warsaw. He last visited Poland in December 2008, where he attended ceremonies to mark the 25th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Polish labour leader Lech Walesa. At that time, he also met French President Nicolas Sarkozy,” he said.
This will be the Dalai Lama’s fourth visit to Poland. He visited Poland in 1993 and 2000 too.
The 74-year-old Nobel laureate has travelled across the world to garner support for “meaningful autonomy” for Tibet despite stern warnings by Beijing to foreign governments that receive visits from the Tibetan spiritual leader.
The Dalai Lama along with many of his supporters fled Tibet and took refuge in India when Chinese troops moved in and took control of Lhasa in 1959.
The Dalai Lama has ever since been heading the Tibetan government-in-exile at McLeodganj, near here. However, the government is not recognised by any country.
