Tibetan Group Says Officials Won't Meet Dalai Lama During Mexico Visit Agence France-Presse
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Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, greeted an estimated crowd of 30,000 at the Cruz Azul stadium in Mexico City, Sunday Sept. 11, 2011. (AP/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico leader Enrique Pena Nieto has no plans to meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader begins a tour of the country today.

It is the first time in four visits that no representative of Mexico's government will meet with the Dalai Lama as the country aims to boost ties with China.

"The President of Mexico (Enrique Pena Nieto) does not intend to meet the Dalai Lama, and we have not requested a meeting," Casa Tibet Mexico founder and president Marco Antonio Karam told AFP.

"We do not feel that the environment is favorable for this and we do not want to create political controversy that would hurt the visit."

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