A summit of Nobel peace laureates in South Africa may face a boycott after it was announced that Pretoria had refused to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama in a bid to avoid angering China. An aide of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader confirmed that the South African government “conveyed by phone…they will not be able to grant the visa for the reason that it would disturb relations between China and South Africa.” A spokesman for South African laureate and former archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “I have heard that if the Dalai Lama is not allowed into the country, other invited guests have said they will not come.” This is the 3rd time in 5 years that the country denied the spiritual leader entry.
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