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The Chinese Embassy in India strongly opposed the repeated provocative acts by the US after the Chargé d'Affaires at US Embassy in New Delhi met with Ngodup Dongchung, representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi and said that the US respects "the Dalai Lama's vision for equal rights of people."

The so-called "Tibetan government-in-exile" is a separatist political organization with an agenda to pursue "Tibetan independence" which is completely in violation of China's Constitution and laws and is not recognized by any country,  spokesperson of Chinese Embassy Counsellor Wang Xiaojian , said on his Twitter account on Wednesday. 

Tibetan affairs are purely China's internal affairs that allow no foreign interference, Wang said. 

The Chargé d'Affaires at US Embassy in India CdA Amb Atul Keshap tweeted on Tuesday evening that he "enjoyed meeting with Ngodup Dongchung, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The US supports the religious freedom and the preservation of Tibetans' unique cultural and linguistic identities and respects the Dalai Lama's vision for the equal rights of all people."

Any form of contact between the US and the Dalai Lama clique is a violation of the US commitment to acknowledge Tibet as a part of China, to not support "Tibetan Independence," and to not support attempts to split China, Wang said. 

He also urged the US to honor its commitment, stop meddling in China's internal affairs under the pretext of Tibetan affairs, and offer no support to the "Tibetan independence" forces to engage in anti-China separatist activities.

In July, during the visit to India, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Ngodup Dongchung during a reunion with social leaders, describing it as the most significant contact with the so-called Tibetan government-in-exile since the Dalai Lama met president Barack Obama in Washington in 2016.

Experts said Blinken's visit to India demonstrates the US' intention of roping in India to contain China is clear and will remain unchanged and warned that by siding with the US, India would lose its strategic independence which is dangerous and not aligned with its interests. 

Global Times