China slams Blinken for Delhi meet with Dalai Lama’s representative

The U.S. Secretary of State had met with the Director of the Bureau of the Dalai Lama in Delhi, Ngodup Dongchung, on Wednesday morning.

China on Thursday accused the United States of “meddling” in its “internal affairs” after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi during his visit on Wednesday. Mr. Blinken had met with the Director of the Bureau of the Dalai Lama in Delhi, Ngodup Dongchung, on Wednesday morning. He separately also met with a group of civil society representatives, which included Geshe Dorji Damdul, Director of Tibet House in New Delhi. Asked by Chinese media to comment on the meeting, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Thursday hit out at the U.S., saying "Tibetan affairs are purely China's internal affairs that allow no foreign interference.”