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German Minister for Foreign Affairs answer to a parliamentary question on the succession of the Dalai Lama

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Summary: In an answer to a parliamentary question, German Minister for Foreign Affairs Niels Annen stated:

"The Federal Government believes that religious communities should be able to govern their own affairs autonomously. This includes the right to appoint their own religious leaders. The Federal Government respects the Dalai Lama as the head of Lamaist Buddhism. At the same time, it considers Tibet to be part of the People's Republic of China."

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