Washington: The US “reaffirmed the US commitment to advancing the human rights of Tibetans” during a meeting between senior State Department and White House officials and the Dalai Lama on Wednesday, August 21 in New York, according to the State Department.
China, which views the 89-year-old exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist and forbids contact between Chinese officials and him, is likely to become agitated over the meeting.
After a failed rebellion against Chinese rule in Tibet in 1959, the Dalai Lama fled to India. In June, he made his first trip to the US since 2017 to receive medical attention for his knees in New York. spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, Liu Pengyu, said China was “gravely concerned” over the meeting and urged the US to have no contact with the Dalai Lama.
According to a State Department statement, Uzra Zeya, the US undersecretary of state for human rights and special coordinator for Tibetan issues, visited New York with Kelly Razzouk, the director of human rights at the White House, to have an audience with the Dalai Lama.
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