The United States said that it is closely watching the tension between India and China along the border in Ladakh and wants to ensure that...
The United States said that it is closely watching the tension between India and China along the border in Ladakh and wants to ensure that the situation does not escalate, NDTV reported on Saturday. The remark came ahead of the third “2+2 dialogue” between India and the US, scheduled to begin in Delhi on Monday.
“We as a government are covering the situation in the Himalayas closely and understandably,” US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Dean Thompson said. “And we certainly want to ensure that the situation does not escalate.”
Thompson added that the situation along the Line of Actual Control will be discussed at the key meeting, according to News18. “I think both sides have expressed a desire to de-escalate violence.”
The top official said that US had been offering strategic help to India. “We are providing support, whether through defence sales, exercises as well as information sharing,” he said. “These are all areas where we cooperate with the Indians, not just with the tension in the Himalayas.”
The US official appreciated India’s decision to include Australia in the Malabar naval exercise. “Given China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour across the Indo-Pacific from the Himalayas to the South China Sea, it is more important than ever that we work with like-minded partners such as India,”...
