El mismo editorial de Global Times acentuaba que esta visita del Dalai Lama a Arunachal Pradesh era diferente de las seis anteriores -la última en 2009- porque era "recibido y acompañado" por el ministro del Interior de la India, Kiren Rijiju.
The same Global Times editorial stressed that this visit by the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh was different from his previous six – the last of which was in 2009 – because he was “received and accompanied” by India’s junior home minister, Kiren Rijiju.