WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday the United States was taking steps to impose additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials involved in policies related to access for foreigners to Tibetan areas.
“For far too long, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has refused to afford U.S. diplomats, journalists, and other international observers access to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas of China, while China’s diplomats and journalists enjoy broad access in the United States,” Rubio said in a statement.
The statement did not name any Chinese officials.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)
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