Melbourne: Strongly reacting to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's comments on Tibet, China has asked foreign governments to keep away from its "internal affairs" saying they have no right to interfere.

"Tibet is purely an internal affair and none of the foreign countries or other groups has any right to interfere," Chinese Government spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on the Rudd's comment on human right issue in Tibet.

During his ongoing trip to Beijing, Rudd had re-stated Australia's concern about human rights.

Jiang Yu described the talks as "candid and practical" She said Rudd "expressed understanding" of China's position and that Australia was "willing to proceed from a strategic perspective to be a long-term partner" with China, media reports said here.

Rudd had set aside Australia's trade relations issues with China as he raised strong concerns over human rights abuses in Tibet.

"We have disagreements, on human rights generally and on Tibet most recently, but I have always had the view that the best way to prosecute our relationship with China is to be broad-based about it and not pretend problems do not exist when they do," Rudd was qouted saying in the reports here.

During the discussions between the two sides, agreed to boost their ties on climate change to a ministerial level partnership.

The leaders identified several areas for co-operation, including clean coal technology and working together to promote the next international climate change agreement.

Source : PTI