Previously, India and China had rejected US intervention in their disputes.
New Delhi:
Elliot Engel, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, said on Monday that he was “extremely concerned” about the Chinese aggression against India along the effective line of control in Ladakh and urged Beijing to “abide by the standards and use diplomacy and mechanisms to resolve its border issues”.
“I am extremely concerned about the ongoing Chinese aggression along the effective line of control at the Indo-Chinese border. China has once again demonstrated that it is ready to intimidate its neighbors rather than resolve conflicts in accordance with international law, “said Engel, Democrat, said.
“All countries must follow the same set of rules so that we do not live in a world where” force does good. ” I urge China to abide by the standards and use existing diplomacy and mechanisms to resolve its border issues with India, “he added.
“I urge China to abide by the standards and use existing diplomacy and mechanisms to resolve its border issues with India.”
-President @RepEliotEngelhttps://t.co/say45WUhBt– House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) June 1, 2020
Indian and Chinese troops have clashed along the de facto border in Ladakh since early May, after Chinese troops entered Indian territory, according to Indian military officials. The two sides have dug defenses and brought equipment in recent days.
India has said that the Chinese military is hampering normal patrols of its troops along the actual line of control or LAC in Ladakh and Sikkim, and has strongly refuted Beijing’s claim that escalating tensions between the two armies was triggered by an intrusion of Indian forces from the chinese side. .
The deadlock is most serious since India and China, which waged a brief war in 1962, were locked in a similar confrontation in Doklam, in the eastern Himalayas, which lasted nearly three months in 2017.
Despite talks spanning two decades, the two countries have been unable to settle their 3,500 km border and claim vast expanses of distant territory in the other’s possession.
China’s military friction with the United States has also increased, with the U.S. Navy stepping up patrols in the disputed South China Sea as well as the Taiwan Strait. Washington and Beijing are also engaged in a war of words over the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, India and China have rejected U.S. intervention in their disputes, including an offer from U.S. President Donald Trump himself. Bypassing Trump’s mediation offer, India said it was in talks with China to address the military deadlock.
