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Pelosi talks Tibet with China's leaders

Beijing, May 28 (ANI): US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan CODEL met with China's President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the chairman of the National People's Congress - and talked about North Korea and human rights abuses in Tibet.

Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's record in Tibet, was greeted by pro-democracy protesters bearing a banner reading "Welcome Pelosi... SOS."

For the first few days of her trip, Pelosi had emphasized her push for international environmental reforms, but in recent days she's talked more about human rights.

"We had productive discussions about how the United States and China can cooperate on improving international security, growing our economies and protecting the environment," Pelosi said in a statement after the Wednesday meeting.

"We urged the Chinese leaders to use their influence to help bring North Korea to the table for Six-Party Talks. On clean energy and climate change, both sides agreed to work together to confront the urgent challenge we face. Our delegation also emphasized the bipartisan concern in Congress on China's poor record on human rights in China and Tibet." (ANI)

Tibetan issue is 'internal affair of China': CPI

Hyderabad, Mar 21: CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan today asked US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi not to put India in an embarrassing situation through her meeting at Dharamashala with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Talking to reporters here ahead of the Party's 20th Congress from March 23 to 27, he maintained Tibet issue was an ''internal affair of China.'' UNI.....
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