China warns US against meddling on Tibet
China has warned the US against interfering in its internal affairs, following a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone call on Saturday that Washington should refrain from interfering in China’s internal affairs on matters related to Tibet.
Kerry assured the Chinese FM that there had been no change in US foreign policy on Beijing, reaffirming that Tibet was part of China, according to an account of the call posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website.
Kerry then reiterated that Washington had no support for Tibet’s independence campaign from China.
The phone call by the Chinese foreign minister came after Obama met with Dalai Lama at the White House last week despite Beijing’s warning that the meeting would damage diplomatic relations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry said earlier it had conveyed its “firm opposition” to the meeting to the US Embassy in Beijing.
China views Dalai Lama as the leader of the secessionists pursuing independence for Tibet.
“The 14th Dalai Lama is not simply a religious figure but a political figure in exile who has been conducting secessionist activities internationally under the pretext of religion,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang.
The meeting with Dalai Lama “will send the wrong signal to Tibetan separatist forces, and it will undermine the mutual trust and cooperation between China and the US,” he said.
Tensions are already high between the US and China over Washington’s military presence in disputed territories claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea.
China and some regional countries, which all have overlapping claims with China, lay territorial claims to a set of islands in the South China Sea.
Washington has been taking sides against Beijing in the disputes.
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