Rice urges Chinese to listen to Dalai Lama on Tibet

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday urged the Chinese government to pursue a more "sustainable" policy toward Tibet and said the only way to do this was for it to talk to the Dalai Lama.

"We believe that the answer for Tibet is to have a more sustainable policy for the Chinese government concerning Tibet." Rice told reporters at a news conference with India's external affairs minister. "We are going to continue to encourage that dialogue because ultimately that is going to be the only policy that is sustainable in Tibet." (Writing by Arshad Mohammed, editing by Sandra Maler)