US asks china to talks with tibetans

Washington: The United States asked China to have substantive talks with the representatives of the Dalai Lama, without any “pre condition”, and called on the Chinese leadership to permit Tibetans to express their grievances freely.

Responding to a question, she said that the new US Secretary of State John Kerry in his introductory teleconference call with his Chinese counterpart, raised the issue of human rights violations in the country.

“We are deeply concerned about the overall deteriorating human rights situation in Tibetan areas, including not on the tragic self-immolations, but also that criminal laws have been used to deal with people who have associated with those people,” the US official said.