Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said Tuesday that the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan will not cause trouble for the government if the visit is positioned as a purely religious event organized for humanitarian reasons. The exiled Tibetan leader arrived in Taiwan late Sunday for a six-day visit to bring comfort to the victims of Typhoon Morakot, one of the worst natural disasters to hit Taiwan in 50 years. Liu called for the public, as well as all other parties concerned, not to politicize the visit, although he also admitted that the visit was having an impact on the warming cross-Taiwan Strait relations. 'It is difficult to assess how deep the impact will be. All I hope is that the visit will not be manipulated politically, ' he continued. On concerns that the Dalai Lama's visit might cause China to postpone the signing of an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with Taiwan, Liu said that 'we hope that if indeed the ECFA plan is affected by the Dalai Lama's visit, the impact can be reduced to the lowest possible level and only for a short period.' 