Antony Blinken, a close associate of US President-elect Joe Biden, said on Tuesday (November 24) that India should be a key partner in the fight against China.
“We have a common challenge which is to deal with an increasingly assertive China across the board, including its aggression towards India on the Royal Line of Control,” Blinken said.
Blinken is expected to become the new US Secretary of State. Blinken’s statement comes at a time when India and China have been involved in simmering border tension along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh since May.
In response to a question from Richard Verma, the former US ambassador to India, Blinken said that Biden would work closely with India after assuming the office of US president to renew democratic relations between the two counties. Blinken calls India a close US partner and said the Biden administration would work closely with New Delhi.
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“During the Obama-Biden administration, we worked very hard to establish India as a key contributing member of the Indo-Pacific strategy. And that includes India’s role in working with like-minded partners to strengthen and maintain a rule-based order in India Pacific, in which no country, including China, can threaten its neighbors with impunity, “Blinken said.
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“That role should extend even beyond the region as vast as it is for the world at large. In a Biden administration, we would be an advocate for India to play a leadership role in international institutions and that includes helping India. to get a seat on a reformed United Nations Security Council. We would work together to strengthen India’s defense and also add its capabilities as a counterterrorism partner, “he added.
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