The United States must stay away from China's internal affairs on matters relating to Tibet, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi categorically told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone call on Saturday.

According to the Chinese foreign ministry website, during the call Kerry assured Yi that US policy on China remains unchanged and does not recognize the Tibetan independence movement. The phone call on Saturday comes after President Obama met exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, earlier this week.

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China had issued a warning before the meeting, stating that the meeting may damage the diplomatic relationship between the two countries. However, the US downplayed the Obama- Dalai Lama meeting, claiming that the meeting was purely a personal affair between the two leaders that had no political connotation.      

China considers the Dalai Lama as a separatist leader, who was responsible for the Tibetan uprising in 1959. The Dalai Lama immediately fled to India and has since been living in exile in India.

China fought a full-fledged war against India three years after the Tibetan uprising.

The Chinese government maintains that Tibet is an integral part of China and discourages any interference in the matter by any third pay. Almost all important countries, including the US, have fallen in line with China's view on Tibet.

Even India has soften its stand on the issue, with the Indian government rarely issuing any controversial statement on Tibet. However, the Dalai Lama continues to live in India without causing any political problems.

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