US Secretary- China reacted strongly to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s meeting with a representative of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in New Delhi on Thursday, saying it violated the US commitment to recognize Tibet as part of the China and not to support the independence of Tibet. East.
Blinken met with Ngodup Dongchung, an exiled Tibetan government official and representative of the Dalai Lama on Wednesday, making it clear to China that the Biden administration will continue to support the Tibet issue. During the meeting, Dongchung thanked Blinken for America’s continued support for the Tibetan movement.
Asked in this regard, a spokesperson for the US State Department said: “The Secretary of State had a brief meeting with the representative of His Excellency the Dalai Lama, Ngodup Dongchung, the representative of the Tibetan Central Administration. in New Delhi this morning. On the other hand, other Tibetan representatives attended the round table organized by Geishi Dorji Damdul Blinkal with seven members of civil society.
“The Tibet issue is purely an internal Chinese matter in which foreign interference is not allowed,” he said, when state media requested a response from the Chinese ministry spokesman. Foreign Affairs Minister Zhao Lijan at a press briefing here. The 14th Dalai Lama is by no means a religious figure but a political exile who has long engaged in anti-Chinese separatist activities and is trying to separate Tibet from China.
He said China strongly opposes any contact between foreign officials and the Dalai Lama. “Any formal contact between the United States and the Dalai bloc violates the United States’ commitment to recognize Tibet as part of China and not to support Tibet’s independence and its efforts to separate it from China. China, ”he said.
“We urge the United States not to interfere in the internal affairs of China on behalf of Tibet and to honor its commitment not to cooperate with the Tibetan independence forces in anti-Chinese activities,” he said. Zhao said. China reacts in the same way when dignitaries or officials meet with the Dalai Lama or his representatives.
