"We will continue to work hard to stabilise the situation in Tibet," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters here while assuring that efforts would be made to throw open the Himalayan region to foreign journalists "at an early date."
Liu was asked when China would allow foreign tourists and journalists in Tibet, which has been kept out of bounds to them ever since the trouble erupted in Lhasa on March 14 after the deadliest ever anti-government protests in two decades.
"We totally understand your aspiration to go to Tibet and we will help you to make this happen at an early date," he said.
After the riots, foreign journalists were taken to Tibet on government-controlled and monitored trips, including the latest one on Saturday last when the Beijing Olympic torch was paraded in Lhasa.
Asked when China proposed to limit the number of climbers to Mount Everest as announced by a Tibet government official, he said he was not aware when it would be done.
