Senior US officials meet Dalai Lama in New York

FILE - The Dalai Lama, center, arrives at the Park Hyatt New York hotel as supporters greet him, on Sunday, June 23, 2024.

Senior U.S. officials met with the Dalai Lama in New York on Wednesday, according to a State Department statement, a rare high-level direct meeting between Washington and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.