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South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama and other Nobel boycott the conference

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Dopo il rifiuto degli altri Premi Nobel di partecipare alla conferenza per la Pace legata ai Mondiali di calcio che si terranno in Sudafrica nel 2010, dal momento che il governo aveva negato il visto al Dalai Lama , gli organizzatori hanno deciso di rinviare il meeting. "Gli organizzatori hanno deciso, nell'interesse della pace, di rinviare la conferenza sulla pace in Sudafrica", said the chairman of the Committee Irvin Khoza, one of the local leaders of the 2010 World Cup.
Pretoria had announced yesterday that it had refused, in the national interest to grant a visa to enter the country at the Tibetan spiritual leader, who would take part next Friday, March 27, at a conference in Johannesburg on football as a tool to combat racism and xenophobia.
The Nobel Committee for Peace and two South African Nobel Prize winners, Desmond Tutu ( in the photo with the Dalai Lama, ed ) and Frederik de Klerk (former South African president) had said immediately that they would boycott the meeting if South Africa , organizer of the World Cup, had not run indietro sulla decisione.
Nel corso di una conferenza stampa a Johannesburg, Irvin Khorza ha spiegato che "il governo sudafricano ha convinto il Dalai Lama a rinviare la sua visita in questa fase". Una decisione giustificata dalla "realpolitik" dei rapporti con la Cina, che condivide col Sudafrica il 20% dei suoi commerci nel Continente nero.
"Dato che la finalità della conferenza è la pace", ha aggiunto Khorza, "gli organizzatori non vogliono mettere il comitato del Nobel in una situazione che lo porrebbe in conflitto con i suoi premiati".
Il visto negato al leader spirituale tibetano rischia di trasformarsi in un autogol per il Sudafrica, soprattutto dopo che il presidente dell'African National Congress (Anc), Kgalema Motlanthe had admitted that the decision was taken because South Africa would be " source of negative publicity for China " when in fact it gives "a lot of value to relations with Beijing." The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, has reiterated the "absolute opposition" to any contact between Beijing and the Dalai Lama foreign governments or that are given "stands for his separatist activities."

harsh words of Desmond Tutu: " If you are refused a visa to his holiness, I will not take part in the forthcoming peace conference linked to the World Cup. Condemn the government's behavior as shameful, in linea con il nostro pessimo comportamento al consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite, come un totale tradimento della nostra storia di lotta. Stiamo cedendo in modo vergognoso alle pressioni cinesi. Mi vergogno profondamente e me ne rattristo ".
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