The Dalai Lama’s special envoy Lody Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, who arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday would hold meetings with the Chinese officials in Shenzhen from Sunday, the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, said.

The representatives would convey “deep concerns over China’s handling” of the situation in Tibet and would put forward “suggestions to bring peace to the region”, it said. Beijing has had six rounds of official talks with the Dalai Lama’s envoys since 2002 before they were stalled last year. But the Dalai Lama’s office said the envoys will have only “informal talks” with representatives of the Chinese leadership this time.

The Tibetan government in exile said the representatives during their three-day visit would meet the head of China’s United Front Work Department, that comes under the CPC’s Central Committee and handles issues concerning Tibet and Taiwan. While China remains mum on the talks, the state media intensified its tirade against the Dalai Lama projecting Beijing’s hardline stance on the issue. “Patriotice people of Tibet strongly condemn and vehemently denounce the litany of crimes committed by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and his followers,” said the official Tibet Daily.

China has blamed the Dalai of stoking unrest in Tibet so as to undermine the Beijing Olympics through which the communist giant was keen to showcase its economic prowess. The Dalai Lama has denied China’s charge that he was behind the riots.

The Nobel laureate has accused the Chinese government of committing “cultural genocide” in Tibet but Beijing maintains that Tibet is neither a religious or ethnic issue but one relating to its national unity and territorial integrity.