Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has apologised after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticism.
A statement posted on his official website said the 87-year-old leader regretted the incident and wished to “apologise to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused”.
The incident occurred at a public gathering in February at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamsala, India, where the exiled leader lives.
