The International Campaign for Tibet commended US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for discussing Tibet at a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly.
Secretary Clinton has expressed America's concerns over the increasing instances of self-immolations in Tibet and violations of human rights at a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi, according to a top State Department official.
"The Secretary, as she always does, raised human rights concerns – notably in this particular meeting, concerns about Tibet and increasing pace of immolations," the official was quoted saying after Clinton's met Yang on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.