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Reuters news agency is reporting an envoy of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will hold a fence-mending dialogue in Beijing soon, a Tibetan source said on Wednesday.

China and the Dalai Lama's envoys have been engaged in a painfully slow conciliatory dialogue since 2002, which analysts say is partly driven by the fear that if the winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize dies in exile, it could lead to trouble in the Himalayan region.

Lodi Gyari, the Dalai Lama's top envoy to Washington, is expected to hold closed-door talks in Beijing with top officials of the Communist Party's United Front Work Department, the source said, requesting anonymity. The department is responsible for dealing with religious leaders and winning over non-Communists.

"We're going to send a delegation to Beijing soon," the source with close ties to the leadership of the Tibetan government-in-exile told Reuters.

The Dalai Lama was forced to cancel a trip to Brussels this month after the Belgian government informed him of Chinese displeasure with the planned visit.

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