Dalai Lama’s representatives will be in China on Saturday to discuss with the Beijing government the Tibetan issue.

Tension escalated between the region of Tibet and the Chinese government after the Buddhist monks-led protests which started in March in Lhasa, the region’s capital, turned violent and ended with a police crackdown.

“We are hopeful that China is realizing that there is a problem with their policies. It is heartening that the Chinese are willing to address these issues realistically and work with our side to reach a mutually beneficial situation,'' said Tenzin Taklha, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama, before leaving for Beijing.

Before agreeing to talk to Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Chinese authorities accused the Dalai Lama on numerous occasions of being the mastermind behind the protests which came right before the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. China had said the Dalai Lama wanted to “steal” and boycott the Olympic Games.

The protests of Lhasa were the biggest the region has witnessed over the past 20 years.

"During this brief visit, the envoys will take up the urgent issue of the current crisis in the Tibetan areas," said the statement posted on the website of Tibet’s government which is currently in exile in Dharsala, a city in northern India.

The place where the talks will be held is not clear and the expectations of experts are low. Many said that, much like the other six meetings between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government since 2002, this one won’t achieve much.

Experts believe the meeting is just a public relations exercise made by China in order to successfully host the Olympic Games, which open on August 8.  

The Buddhist spiritual leader has firmly denied being involved in the Lhasa riots. The Dalai Lame who is and always has been a promoter of nonviolence has proven on many occasions that he is not “a wolf in monk's robes”, as the Chinese government has labeled him.

In fact, His Holiness said he supports holding the Olympics in Beijing and, when discussing with the radical Tibetans about the protests, the Dalai Lama said they shouldn’t consider obtaining Tibet independence, but instead should live together with the Chinese.