Senior US officials meet with Dalai Lama in New York


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  • Thursday, 22 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Patron of Children in Crossfire, gestures during a press conference in Londonderry, Northern Ireland September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior officials from the U.S. State Department and the White House met on Wednesday with the Dalai Lama in New York and "reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to advancing the human rights of Tibetans," the State Department said.

(Reporting by Eric Beech)

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