Moscow (AP): Russia voiced support for the Chinese government on Monday over the violence in Tibet, calling its relations with the Dalai Lama an internal matter and saying efforts to boycott the Beijing Olympics are ``unacceptable.''

``We are expressing hope that the Chinese authorities will take all necessary measures to stop illegal actions and provide for the swiftest possible normalization of the situation'' in Tibet, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

``Russia has repeatedly declared that it views Tibet as an inalienable part of China, and considers the resolution of relations with the Dalai Lama to be an internal matter of the People's Republic of China,'' the statement said.

Russia and China have strong political ties and have supported each other's territorial integrity in the face of separatist movements in both countries.

The Foreign Ministry warned against efforts to boycott the Beijing Olympics in August.

``We would like to underscore that efforts to politicize the holding of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China are unacceptable,'' it said. It said Russia is ``certain that the Chinese side will provide the very highest level of organization of the Games, including in resolving issues of the security of athletes and guests.''

The United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

China and Russia have jointly voiced concern about U.S. dominance of global affairs, and China has become a leading customer for Russian arms manufacturers since the 1991 Soviet collapse. In 2001, Russia and China signed a friendship treaty that affirmed Russia's support for China's territorial integrity.

Moscow rejected visa requests for the Dalai Lama at least three times since a 1994 visit, and allowed him into the country to visit a center of Russia's sizable Buddhist population in 2004 on condition that he refrain from any political meetings.