The Dalai Lama has arrived in France ahead of a high-profile 12-day visit during which the Tibetan spiritual leader will not meet President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Dalai Lama will meet with French lawmakers, but instead of Sarkozy his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will attend the inauguration of a temple in southern France on August 22. A planned meeting with Sarkozy was cancelled at the Dalai Lama's request to avoid provoking China and setting back talks between Tibetan and Chinese parties. The visit officially kicks off on Tuesday with the inauguration of a Buddhist temple south of Paris.
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