China objects to Tibetan leader’s presence at dinner

January 29, 2017 01:49 am | Updated 01:50 am IST - BEIJING:

China on Saturday raised objections over the presence of the Prime Minister of ‘Tibetan government-in-exile’ Lobsang Sangay at a recent dinner hosted by former U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma in New Delhi, saying it resolutely opposes any country’s “interference” in its internal affairs by using Tibet issue as an excuse.

“No country in the world recognises the so-called Tibetan government-in-exile,” Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a written response on Saturday to PTI over reports that the Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile was present at the event.

“We are firmly against any country’s official contact with it in any form, and resolutely opposed to any country’s interference in China’s internal affairs by using Tibet related issues as an excuse,” the Foreign Ministry said.

The private gathering hosted by Mr. Verma days before Donald Trump took over as US President was made public by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju who thanked the envoy for the dinner on Twitter yesterday.

Photographs posted on his Twitter page showed the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile and other US diplomats attending the dinner.

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