Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala Monday, after his visit to Czech Republic and Italy. During this visit to Czech Republic, Dalai Lama participated in the three-day Forum 2000 conference, Dalai Lama arrived in Rome on 12 October and the next day His Holiness the Dalai Lama met Pope Benedict XVI. This was the first meeting between the two religious leaders since the beginning of Pope Benedict's papacy.