Dalai Lama visit hurts China-EU ties

Beijing says nation's 'core interests' ignored, parliamentary actions deemed 'irresponsible'

China said the recent meeting of leaders of the European Parliament with the Dalai Lama has damaged China's core interests and severely impaired the political basis of interparliamentary exchanges between China and the European Union.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks on Monday, after the Dalai Lama visited the European Parliament and met with its president, Martin Schulz, and its foreign affairs committee chair, Elmar Brok, on Thursday.