US names human rights envoy for Tibet and China is furious
‘The setting up of the so-called co-ordinator for Tibetan issues is entirely out of political manipulation to interfere in China's internal affairs and destabilise Tibet’
15 October 2020 - 17:29
Washington/Beijing — China accused the US on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special co-ordinator for Tibetan issues.
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that Robert Destro, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, would assume the additional post, which has been vacant since the start of President Donald Trump's term in 2017...
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