Tibetans continue protest in front of Chinese embassy

Police detained some 60 Tibetan exiles on Tuesday for protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy in the capital.

Police said the Tibetan exiles were arrested after they tried to stage an anti-Chinese demonstration.

All the arrested Tibetans were released later in the evening. They have been organizing almost daily protests in front of Chinese embassy and the UN House in Kathmandu since March.

Meanwhile, Chinese officials and envoys from the Tibetan government-in-exile engaged in talks in the Southern Chinese city of Senzhen to find a possible way-out of the protracted Tibet crisis.

While the Dalai Lama's representatives in the talks said the talks were a "good first step", China said Tuesday that the Dalai Lama must show sincerity if talks over Tibet were to continue.

"All very candid. We had very candid discussion," said Lodi Gyari, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader's envoys who met Chinese officials told the Associated Press at Hong Kong International Airport before flying back to India.

"It was a good first step," he said, when asked to describe the talks which followed deadly violence in the region in March.

In the Chinese government's first direct comments following the talks, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said, "I want to stress that this current contact is only a beginning."

"The central government's contact with the Dalai Lama is sincere. So long as the Dalai Lama's side exerts sincerity, especially in its action, then the contact will continue." nepalnews.com ag May 07 08