同一篇《环球时报》社论还强调，达赖此次访问阿鲁纳恰尔邦与他此前的六次访问 — — 最近一次是在2009年 — — 有所不同，因为这次他系印度内政部长里吉朱（Kiren Rijiju）邀请并陪同访问。
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.