China's foreign ministry on Friday condemned US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it "grossly violated" international norms and contradicted stated US policy.
"The US act grossly violated the norms governing international relations and ran counter to the principles" set out in joint statements by the two countries, foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said, quoted by state news agency Xinhua.
"It also went against the repeated commitments by the US government that the US recognises Tibet as part of China and gives no support to 'Tibet independence'," the news agency said, paraphrasing Ma.
Ma demanded that the United States "seriously consider" China's stance and immediately take steps to "wipe out the baneful impact and stop conniving and supporting anti-China separatist forces," Xinhua said, again paraphrasing the spokesman.
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