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Chinese ambassador to Iceland called home

By Alex | Ice News

The Dalai Lama© arrives at Schiphol Airport for a three-day visit to The Netherlands on 3 June 2009. The Dalai Lama’s representative to Europe, Tashi Wangdi, is on his left. AFP/Getty Images/Olaf Kraak/The Netherlands

There has been no reply from the Chinese Embassy in Reykjavik on whether or not Ambassador Zhang Keyuan has been recalled to Beijing, Mbl.is reports.

Meanwhile, Frettabladid reported this morning that the ambassador has been called home in protest at the Dalai Lama’s visit to Iceland this week.

Beijing consistently criticises any official governmental figures around the world for meeting with the exiled Tibetan leader China describes as an exiled political leader engaged in secessionist activities who aims to split China.

The Dalai Lama did not hold official meetings with any government ministers or the President of the Republic during his visit to Iceland. He did, however, talk with several ministers and lawmakers at an interfaith service held in Hallgrimskirkja cathedral on Monday. He was later given a tour of the country’s Althingi parliament by the President of Althingi where gifts of goodwill were exchanged.

According to mbl.is, the Chinese Embassy is advertised as open to the public on weekdays between 9 and 12, but nobody has been answering the phones today. A Morgunbladid journalist at the embassy managed to have physical contact with two embassy employees; but there were few answers on offer except for how to apply for visas to visit China.

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