World | China China Scraps Summit Over EU Meetings With Dalai Lama Relations between Brussels and Beijing hit a new low By Nick McMaster Posted Nov 26, 2008 1:55 PM CST Copied French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are seen at a French-German Cabinet meeting in Paris, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Platiau, pool) The Chinese government canceled a summit with leaders of the EU in response to the plans of several European countries to host the Dalai Lama next month, the Financial Times reports. The summit was to address the global financial crisis, and an EU statement expressed regret that China pulled out. “The EU will continue to promote a relationship of strategic partnership with China, particularly at a moment when the global economic and financial situation calls for very close co-operation between Europe and China,” the statement continued. EU President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet the Dalai Lama next weekend in Poland at a ceremony for Nobel Peace prize winners. The Tibetan spiritual leader will also address the EU Parliament in Belgium. Read These Next North Carolina shooting suspect once walked the red carpet. The gunman who killed 4 at a Michigan church was an ex-marine. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. Report an error