NEW DELHI, April 10 (Reuters) - The Tibetan government in exile said on Thursday it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay around the world.

"The Tibet government and many people of Tibet are not trying to stop the torch. The Dalai Lama is supporting the Olympics," Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in northern India, told reporters in New Delhi. (Reporting by Krittivas Mukherjee; Editing by Alistair Scrutton and Jerry Norton)

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