New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has been invited by a Chinese think tank to meet top officials of the Chinese government and visit Tibet, the BJP leader said on Saturday.
Swamy will also address a University audience there at the invitation of Institute of Foreign Affairs, a think tank of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A statement issued by his office said here that besides visiting Tibet, he will also be taken to Kailash Mansarovar as a guest of the Chinese government.
"He has been vising China since 1978 and was instrumental in initiating thaw in relations between the two countries," the statement said.
The relationship between India and China witnessed some tense moments recently after the Chinese objected to the proposed visit of Uighur dissident leader Dolkun Isa for attending a conference in Dharamsala.
India finally cancelled the visit of Isa. India had also withdrawn visas to two other Chinese dissidents, Lu Jinghua and Ray Wong, who were set to attend the same conference which was to be attended by Dalai Lama as well.
The invitation to Subramanian Swamy by the Chinese to visit Tibet against this backdrop assumes quite a bit of significance.
(With PTI inputs)
