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China lodges representation with U.S. over planned Obama-Dalai Lama meeting

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2016-06-15 17:11Xinhua Editor: Mo Hong'e

China has lodged diplomatic representations with the United States over a planned meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama at the White House, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

It is reported that Obama and the Dalai Lama will meet privately in the Map Room at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday.

"The Chinese Foreign Ministry has already made a representation to the U.S. Embassy in China," spokesman Lu Kang told a daily news briefing. "China firmly opposes the meeting."

If the U.S. side goes through with such a meeting, it will send the wrong signal to Tibet separatist forces and harm China-U.S. mutual trust and cooperation, Lu said.

"Tibet affairs are China's domestic affairs and no foreign country has the right to interfere," he said.

Lu said the 14th Dalai Lama is not a purely religious figure, but a political exile who has long engaged in anti-China separatist activities under the guise of religion.

China demands the U.S. side keep its commitment of recognizing that Tibet is an internal part of China, and not support "Tibet-independence," or separatist forces, he said.

Any attempt to harm China's stability by using issues related to Tibet will not succeed, Lu said.

  

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