PRAGUE — China's government said Tuesday that it has suspended all ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over his recent meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Pavel met with the Tibetan leader on July 27 to congratulate him on his 90th birthday during his private trip to India.

The Dalai Lama has been living in exile in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala since fleeing Chinese rule in Tibet in 1959.

This meeting “seriously contravenes the political commitment made by the Czech government to the Chinese government, and harms China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said a statement by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman that was released by the Chinese Embassy in Prague.

“China strongly deplores and firmly opposes this, and has lodged serious protests with the Czech side. In light of the se

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