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Liputan6.com, Dharamsala: Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama expressed his desire to visit the birthplace in Tibet, after an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale shook the province of Qinghai, China, last Wednesday.

In a news conference at City Dharamsala, northern India, Saturday (17 / 4), the Dalai Lama said, "To fulfill the wishes of the Tibetan people, I want to go there himself in order to provide a sense of comfort." Tibetan community in exile, the Dalai added, wanted to give all the support and assistance and we hope to help through the correct and appropriate channels as soon as possible.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader also praised the Chinese authorities to visit Tibetan areas. In addition, he thanked Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to give comfort to victims of the earthquake as well as supervising the distribution of aid and rescue. And, provide freedom for the media to report on casualties and damage caused by earthquakes [read: Chinese President Visit Quake Victims].

The majority of Tibetan people who live in the City Jiegu, close to the epicenter suffered severe damage level of 85 percent. Hundreds of people were injured just taken to the sports field which now serves as an emergency hospital, and there are no hospital facilities in the city.

The Dalai Lama had wanted to visit victims of the Sichuan earthquake in 2008 which killed around 70 thousand people. However, State governments do not grant permission Bamboo Curtain. Only, he managed to visit typhoon victims in Taiwan, last year. (ADI / ANS / CNN)