In a major setback to China and growing US support to India, US House
Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday, slammed Chinese ‘aggression’
along Line of Actual Control. The chairman of the powerful panel,
Eliot Engel, said Chinese aggression had resulted in the rising
tensions between the two countries.
In a statement, Engel, a Democrat, said: “I am extremely concerned by
the ongoing Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control on the
India-China border. China is demonstrating once again that it is
willing to bully its neighbours rather than resolve conflicts
according to international law. I strongly urge China to respect norms
and use diplomacy and existing mechanisms to resolve its border
questions with India.”
The chairman of the committee, which has oversight over the state
department, is the latest US official to weigh in on India’s side in
this border dispute with China.
Alice Wells, the outgoing head of the state department’s South and
Central Asia department, had earlier said the border flare-ups were a
“reminder that Chinese aggression is not always just rhetorical”, HT
reported.
“Whether it’s in the South China Sea or whether it’s along the border
with India, we continue to see provocations and disturbing behaviour
by China that raises questions about how China seeks to use its
growing power,” she had added.
Also on the India-China dispute, President Donald Trump made an
unsolicited offer of mediation which has been turned down by both
India and China.
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