France summons Chinese envoy over Tibet comment
PARIS (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner summoned the Chinese ambassador to France on Wednesday to explain his comments warning the French president not to meet the Dalai Lama.
Ambassador Kong Quan was widely quoted in the French press on Wednesday as saying there would be "serious consequences" if President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tibet's spiritual leader when he goes to Paris in August.
"We were very surprised by the Chinese ambassador's statement this morning and I have asked him to come and see me," Kouchner told reporters.
(Reporting by Francois Murphy; writing by Crispian Balmer)
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