DHARAMSHALA, India: The Mahatma Gandhi International Award For Reconciliation and Peace has been awarded to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the Gandhi Development Trust in Durban, South Africa.

The representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mr Sonam Tenzin, accepted the award on behalf of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as His Holiness couldn’t attend the ceremony.

Ela Gandhi, the chairperson of the Gandhi Development Trust and Gandhi’s granddaughter said, “His Holiness has suffered in Tibet because of China’s invasion of Tibet. Even at the time, he always wanted to negotiate with China to look at how they could work together, because all he wants is human rights for his people”.

She also said that the Dalai Lama has always stood for non-violence and those who call him dangerous were “ill informed”.