The US has welcomed the continuing efforts by India and China to de-escalate the scenario in jap Ladakh and stated it could proceed to watch the scenario carefully as each side work towards a peaceable decision.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday introduced in Parliament that India and China have reached an settlement on disengagement within the North and South banks of Pangong lake in jap Ladakh that mandates each side to stop ahead deployment of troops in a “phased, coordinated and verifiable” method.
“We’re closely following reports of initial troop disengagement. We welcome the ongoing efforts to de-escalate the situation,” a State Department spokesperson advised PTI.
We will, after all, proceed to watch the scenario carefully as each side work towards a peaceable decision, the spokesperson stated whereas responding to a query on China and India pulling again their troops from jap Ladakh.
Congressman Michael McCaul, lead Republican within the House Foreign Affairs Committee, additionally welcomed the disengagement of troops. “It’s heartening to see India stand strong in defending its sovereignty,” he stated in a tweet.
“The (Chinese Communist Party) CCP’s constant territorial aggression, from the East and South China Seas to the waters of the Mekong, to the Himalayas, has no place in the 21st century,” McCaul stated.
India and China had rushed numerous battle tanks, armoured autos and heavy tools to the treacherous and high-altitude areas of jap Ladakh area after stress escalated following a lethal conflict within the Galwan Valley in June final.
Twenty Indian troopers have been killed within the fierce hand-to-hand fight on June 15 within the Galwan Valley, an incident that marked essentially the most critical navy conflicts between the 2 sides in a long time.
China is but to reveal the variety of its troopers killed and injured within the conflict although it formally admitted to have suffered casualties. According to an American intelligence report, the variety of casualties on the Chinese aspect was 35.
