Published by: World Tibet Network News, Sunday, Jun 09, 1996

BONN (June 6) XINHUA - Germany said Wednesday that Tibet is an integral part of China and vowed it would not allow any support for Tibetan separatists.

"In the German government's view, Tibet is an integral part of the Chinese territory," Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Erdmann told reporters.

He made the remarks when asked about a so-called International Conference of Tibet Support Groups to be held in Bonn and organized by Germany's Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

Erdmann said: "In our view, there is no (Tibetan) government-in-exile. Because Tibet is an integral part of the China.