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French foreign minister to meet with Dalai Lama

PARIS, France, 18 August 2008 (AP)

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (L) with Jean-Marc Ayrault

NANTES, France, 18 August 2008—Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (L) reacts near Jean-Marc Ayrault, French National Assembly Socialist group president and Nantes Mayor, in Nantes, western France on 18 August 2008. The Dalai Lama is in France from 11 to 23 August.File photo/Reuters/Stephane Mahe/France

France’s foreign minister says he will meet with the Dalai Lama this week. Bernard Kouchner says he’ll join French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy when the Tibetan spiritual leader attends the inauguration of a temple Friday in southern France.

Kouchner told reporters Monday that he would meet with “my friend” — as he always does when the Dalai Lama visits France.

The French government has kept contacts with the Dalai Lama to a minimum during a 12-day visit. Critics and human rights groups have accused Paris of bowing to Chinese pressure over business contracts.

The Dalai Lama’s visit coincides with the Beijing Olympics. The trip has focused mainly on spiritual matters.

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