United States President Donald Trump wants to do everything possible to ensure peace for the people of India and China, White House Press ...
United States President Donald Trump wants to do everything possible to ensure peace for the people of India and China, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Thursday.
“I love the people of India, and I love the people of China, and I want to do everything possible to keep the peace for the people,” McEnany told reporters. She was asked if the president has a message for China amid the tensions between New Delhi and Beijing.
On July 2, McEnany had said Trump believed that the aggressive stance of Beijing towards India and other countries in the region was a testimony to the “true nature” of the Chinese Communist Party.
Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh along the disputed Line of Control on June 15. It led to the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers, the worst violence on the border since 1975. While China also lost personnel, it has not yet formally acknowledged any deaths of its soldiers. After this, four round of talks’ were held between the commanders of the two armies to work out details of disengagement from the stand-off areas.
Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration supported India’s actions. Earlier in the day, White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow said India was a great...
