The United States has asserted that it stands with India towards Chinese aggression, as a number of lawmakers slammed China for selecting a PLA soldier, who was a part of the navy command that attacked Indian troopers within the Galwan Valley in 2020, as a torchbearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
“When it comes to the India-China border situation, we continue to support direct dialogue and a peaceful resolution of the disputes,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price instructed reporters at his each day information convention on Thursday.
“We have previously voiced our concerns on Beijing’s pattern of ongoing attempts to intimidate its neighbours. As we always do, we stand with friends. We stand with partners and allies to advance our shared prosperity, security and values in the Indo-Pacific,” he stated.
Earlier within the day, two prime American senators slammed China for its resolution to subject Qi Fabao, the regimental commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), who was injured in the course of the June 2020 border skirmish with Indian troopers within the Galwan Valley in jap Ladakh, because the torchbearer for the Games Torch Relay.
“Another outrageous instance of the #CCP’s flagrant politicization of Beijing2022. Their resolution to decide on a soldier who participated in a 2020 ambush towards Indian troops as torchbearer is appalling and intentionally provocative,’ Senator Marco Rubio stated. The senator from Florida stated he stands with India.
In one other tweet, Senator Jim Risch, a Ranking Member of the highly effective US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, additionally stated the US will proceed to assist the sovereignty of India. “It’s shameful that Beijing chose a torchbearer for the Olympics 2022 who’s part of the military command that attacked India in 2020 and is implementing genocide against the Uyghurs. The US will continue to support Uyghur freedoms and the sovereignty of India,” Risch tweeted.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alleged that it’s an try of the Chinese authorities and Chinese Communist Party to make use of the glitz and glamour of the Olympics to showcase a facade that distracts international consideration from egregious human rights abuses in China.
“These efforts generate many questions that the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) explored throughout 2021 regarding the policies of the International Olympic Committee, the nexus between major sporting events and human rights, and the responsibilities of governments, sporting bodies, corporate sponsors, broadcasters, and others affiliated with these Olympic Games,” she stated.
Meanwhile, Rubio was on Thursday joined by a number of different senators, together with Rick Scott, Josh Hawley, Mike Braun, Ted Cruz and Bill Hagerty, in introducing the ‘No PLA Loopholes’ Act — a invoice to shut a loophole within the present legislation to restrict joint navy operations and workouts between the United States and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Twenty Indian Army personnel laid down their lives within the Galwan clashes that marked probably the most critical navy conflicts between India and China in a long time.
In February final 12 months, China formally acknowledged that 5 Chinese navy officers and troopers had been killed within the Galwan clashes with the Indian Army although it’s extensively believed that the dying toll was greater.
Beijing is internet hosting the Winter Olympics amidst a diplomatic boycott by the US, European Union and a number of other western international locations over their allegations of human rights violations in Xinjiang, together with incarceration of over 1,000,000 Uygur Muslim women and men in camps.
