Alice G Wells, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) has said that the US will always stand with India in pushing back against constant Chinese probing of Indian sovereignty.
This statement by Wells comes after the Chinese military started a build-up along the Line of Actual Control in May first week along with the Ladakh sector and Sikkim where they came to the Naku La area and had a face-off with the Indian troops there.
“External rebalancing is critical. At the end of the day, it will be the US that stands with India in pushing back against constant Chinese probing of Indian sovereignty. #USindia dosti #india,” she tweeted.
Provocative and disturbing behaviour: Alice Wells
The two countries have held military and diplomatic talks to resolve the stand-off in Eastern Ladakh peacefully with military Commander-level talks on June 6 between 14 Corps Chief Lt Gen Harinder Singh and Chinese Maj Gen Liu Lin at Moldo opposite Chushul.
Following the first round of talks, Chinese and Indian Armies disengaged by going back by 2-2.5 km from their stand-off positions at Galwan Nala, PP-15 and Hot Springs.
On Friday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and the services chiefs to review the situation in Ladakh.
'India-US must work together to make authoritarian China follow the rule of law'
While interacting with Rahul Gandhi former US diplomat Nicholas Burns said that India and the US must work together to make the “authoritarian” China follow the rule of law and called China-US tussle a battle of ideas against the fearful Chinese leadership that has been suppressing voices of its own people.
Burns further said what China lacks is the sophistication and openness of a democratic country like India or the United States and lashed at the Communist regime saying it has “a fearful leadership and fearful men are trying to preserve their own power, increasing the grip that they have on their own citizens.”
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