Outgoing United States Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster on Tuesday said that India faces the prospect of sustained Chinese aggression al...
Outgoing United States Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster on Tuesday said that India faces the prospect of sustained Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control, The Hindu reported. He also confirmed that US closely coordinated with India amid its standoff with China, but left it to India to provide details of the cooperation.
Juster made the remark during an address in Delhi to mark the end of his term. “Our close coordination has been important as India confronts, perhaps on a sustained basis, aggressive Chinese activity on its border,” the ambassador said. He added that it was up to the Indian government to decide whether or not to release the details of their cooperation.
The ambassador refused to answer a question on whether the US had alerted India about China assembling troops along the LAC earlier this year. “I appreciate the question and the interest in the internal discussions on China, but it’s not really something I’m at liberty to get into here,” he was quoted as saying by The Hindu. “If the government of India wants to comment on that, that’s for the government of India. Suffice it to say that we have cooperated.”
Juster also claimed that no other country contributed more to India’s security than the US,...
