TAIPEI, March 11 (AFP) - Taiwan's parliament Tuesday passed a resolution asking President Lee Teng-hui and foreign ministry officials to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to the island March 22 despite a warning from China.

The Legislative Yuan adopted the resolution in order to "help enhance the country's international status."

The resolution was in contradiction to the stated low profile officials have said they will adopt to the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit.

The parliamentarian move contradicted the low-profile attitude of government officials.

Foreign Minister John Chang said he would not meet the Dalai Lama so as not to further exacerbate ties with China.

In a meeting with a group of visitors last month, Lee expressed a wish to meet with the Dalai Lama, but the organizers of the trip said this such a meeting was not in the intinerary.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen warned last week that "the Taiwan authorities should adopt a prudent and wise attitude toward the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan."

Qian asked the Taiwan authorities not to "do anything detrimental to the reunification of the motherland and national unity."

The Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is to start his first visit to the nationalist island, considered a renegade province by Beijing, on March 22 at the invitation of a Taiwanese Buddhist group.

The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in India since 1959 when he fled following an abortive anti-Chinese uprising.