India, China need each other for growth, world peace: Dalai Lama

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 16th October, 2019

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Praises Prime Minister Modi, favours Indo-Pak talks for peace in South AsiaTribune News ServiceMohali, October 15“India and China need each other for growth and world peace,” said the Dalai Lama on the Chandigarh University campus where the Global Spiritual Leader Award was conferred on him by the university. On India-China relations, the Dalai Lama said the recent meeting between the Prime Minister of India and the Chinese President was a good development “towards creating a peaceful world”. The Dalai Lama added that both China and India were large and ancient nations, which could play a pivotal role in religious harmony. The spiritual leader also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming his recent UN speech “very impressive”. The university’s chancellor, Satnam Singh Sandhu, honoured the Dalai Lama with Global Spiritual Leader Award-2019 during the function..