"Our diplomat was doing her job and Online Cigarettes Store USA we commend her work," Ortagus added. "This is what American diplomats do every single day around the world."
A State Department official had earlier in the day told AFP representatives of the US government "meet regularly with a wide cross section of people across Hong Kong and Macau."
"For example, the day of this particular meeting,Newport Cigarettes Shop our diplomats also met with both pro-establishment and pan-democratic camp legislators, as well as members of the American business community and the consular corps," the spokesperson said on condition of anonymity.
Beijing has increasingly pitched the anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous region as funded by the West, but has provided little evidence beyond supportive statements from some Western politicians.
Tensions are high in the Asian financial hub after two months Newport box 100s cigarettes of protests and clashes triggered by opposition to a planned extradition law that quickly evolved into a wider movement for democratic reforms.
Demosisto says it campaigns for more self-determination for Hong Kong but not independence.
Last year, the Hong Kong National Party was outlawed on the grounds it posed a security threat, the first such ban since 1997.
