U.N. rights chief Zeid in talks with Chinese officials on Liu

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein attends a media briefing at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has met Chinese officials regarding Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, who has late stage cancer, and access for his wife Liu Xia, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

"That meeting took place on Friday and we are hoping to continue this dialogue in coming days and weeks," U.N. human rights spokeswoman Liz Throssell told a Geneva news briefing.