London - Britain Monday expressed 'concern' at the unrest in
Tibet and said it had urged the Chinese government to exercise
restraint in dealing with the protests, a spokesman for Prime
Minister Gordon Brown said.
He said the government was in daily touch with the authorities in
Beijing and the Chinese embassy in London, and had called for
restraint.
'We are following with concern recent unrest in Tibet, as well as
related incidents in India and Nepal and have called on the Chinese
authorities to exercise restraint,' said the spokesman.
'We are taking this very seriously...It is difficult to establish
at the moment what the full facts are,' said the spokesman.
Tibetan exiles in Britain were Monday planning a further
demonstration at the Chinese embassy in London as the Chinese
'deadline' over an end to unrest in the province comes into force.
But a spokesman for the Free Tibet campaign in Britain Monday
urged the government to make 'strong representations' in Beijing.
'The British government must now pull its head out of the sand.
The government must make very strong representations to China,' said
Matt Whitticase, spokesman for the group.
Brown's spokesman said the European Union (EU) would be making a
statement on the situation later Monday.
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