Dalai Lama's appearance at Buddhist forum a disharmonious element, official

Dalai Lama may quite possible pose a disharmonious element if he attends the First World Buddhist Forum, which is to be held on April 13-16 in Hangzhou of East China, said a Chinese official in Hangzhou Wednesday at a press conference.

"In my opinion, if he appears at the forum, he will surely pose a really disharmonious note to the general harmonious tone of the forum," said Qi Xiaofei, vice president of the China Religious Culture Communication Association when responding to the question on why Dalai Lama was not invited.

He said the main purpose of the forum is to provide an equal, diversified and open platform for dialogue between all those who love all living creatures, protect and care for the Buddhism.

"We welcome any form of exchanges, but we won't give Dalai Lama any chance to disharmonize the forum," he said.

"What we need here and now is dialogue rather than confrontation," he said, who claims that judging from Dailai Lama's activities in the past, he might bring about harm to the "harmony" theme of the forum.

According to Qi, Dalai Lama is not only a religious figure, but also a long-time stubborn secessionist who has tried to split his Chinese motherland and break the unity among different ethnic groups.

Source: Xinhua