Senior US officials meet Dalai Lama in New York

washington — Senior U.S. officials met with the Dalai Lama in New York on Wednesday, according to a State Department statement, a rare high-level direct meeting between Washington and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama, who is denounced by Beijing as a separatist, met with senior U.S. State Department official Uzra Zeya and White House National Security Council official Kelly Razzouk in New York, where he is visiting to receive medical treatment. During the meeting, Zeya "reaffirmed...