Donald Trump expressed hope that India and China would be able to resolve their current border disputes.
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed hope that India and China would be able to resolve their current border disputes as he reiterated his offer to help two Asian giants in this regard.
Trump told reporters at the White House, “I know China and India are in trouble right now and there is a lot of significant trouble. And hopefully they can do that.”
“If we can help, we’d love to help,” he said.
The President’s remarks come days after talks were held in Ladakh to resolve a months-long blockade along the Line of Control (LAC). The two countries agreed to stop sending more troops to their disputed border in the Himalayas.
Ashley Tellis, a well-known American expert on India and South Asia, said the “Grand Spectacle” podcast with a senior colleague and director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s South Asia program said the Trump administration has taken a very transparent stance in supporting India in this crisis. .
“And, of course, it is encouraged by the opportunities to confront China on a grand scale, which makes it part and parcel of the US’s own bilateral problems with China. And what’s more, I don’t think the United States had an option to do otherwise. “
“In this situation, the Chinese aggression has been so reprehensible that the United States cannot stand or ignore it or come to India’s defense,” said Telis, chairman of the Tata Chair of Strategic Affairs.
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