China on Thursday urged relevant countries to be on high alert against attempts of the Dalai Lama clique to undermine their relations with China and split the country.

"We hope relevant countries will keep on high alert against remarks and deeds of the Dalai Lama clique aiming to undermine China's relations with them and split the motherland," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news conference.

Jiang made the remarks when commenting on a report of a possible meeting between Australian's head of government and Dalai Lama who is scheduled to visit Australia next month.

The Dalai Lama represents a political force attempting "Tibet Independence", which the Chinese government and people firmly oppose, Jiang said.

"The Dalai Lama's words and deeds in the past decades have proved that he is by no means a purely religious figure, but a political exile who has conducted secessionist activities under the camouflage of religion for years," Jiang said.

No matter what activities he attends in whatever names and in whatever places, it's neither a purely religious issue nor an individual's act, Jiang said.

Source: Xinhua