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ern Turkestan. it’s both one of the most conse- is that the best, most effective it. Cooperation remains one of
Last month, the US Senate quential and most complicated way to engage China is work- them, because on some issues,
had passed a bipartisan bill to relationships that we have. I ing with other countries that its profoundly in our mutual
heed the call to open a consul- think we have seen, unfortu- are similarly situated, and that interest to cooperate — cli-
ate in Lhasa and had called for nately, the government in Bei- face similar challenges. India, mate may be the best example.
reinforcing the global engage- jing act more repressively at of course, is a strong partner That’s an issue that is import-
ment on policy towards the home and more aggressively for the United States in this re- ant to all of us.”
reincarnation of His Holiness abroad. In recent years, that spect.” The talks between India
the Dalai Lama. posed a challenge for all of us. Responding to a question and the US over so many im-
In an interview, when asked We see a relationship that is in if the era of cooperation with portant issues is a sign of how
about the China challenge, parts adversarial, in parts com- China is over, the secretary this engagement will deepen
Blinken said: “For the United petitive and also in parts coop- said: “No. I think the relation- but there will be some hiccups
States, in a way as for India, erative. I think what we found ship has different elements in too.

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