Amid the confrontation on the Royal Line of Control (LAC) between India and China, the United States said on Thursday that it has recognized the state of Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory for nearly six decades and firmly opposes any unilateral attempt to promote your claim. , indirectly targeting China.
“For nearly six decades, the United States has recognized Arunachal Pradesh as Indian Territory. We strongly oppose any unilateral attempt to advance territorial claims through incursions, through military or civil incursions through the established line of actual control, ”said a senior US State Department official.
“On the disputed limits, all we can say is that we encourage India and China to use their existing bilateral channels to discuss them and not resort to military force,” the official said.
In early September, the Pentagon had said that China has been using coercive tactics in pursuit of territorial and maritime claims in China’s South and East Seas, as well as along its border with India and Bhutan. “Tensions with India persist along the northeast border near the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims is part of Tibet and therefore part of China, and near the Aksai Chin region at the extreme west of the Tibetan Plateau, “the Pentagon said. in his report to Congress.
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SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICER: I see. I see. I mean, we could say that we are, that we are closely monitoring the situation. The discussion about where the actual border is, of course, is very, very sensitive, so what we have done in the past is support the efforts of both parties to achieve a diplomatic agreement that both parties can accept. We have … our position on some parts of the border is certainly explicitly clear. For nearly six decades, the United States has recognized Arunachal Pradesh as Indian Territory. And … I mean, I suppose I’ll leave you saying that we strongly oppose any unilateral attempt to advance territorial claims through incursions, through military or civil incursions across the border, or through the established line of royal control. And the disputed borders, all we can say is that we encourage India and China to use their existing bilateral channels to discuss them and not resort to military force.
Amid growing border tension, India and China held talks on September 30 to ease the current border tension. Discussions on the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) between India and China took place virtually.
While this was the 19th meeting of the WMCC since the mechanism emerged in 2012, it is the fifth of its kind amid the current tension. At the WMCC meeting, the Co-Secretary (East Asia) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naveen Srivastava, represents India. China is represented by the Director General of the Department of Boundaries and Oceans of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
This is the first meeting of the CMMC since the foreign ministers of two countries met in Moscow on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in early September, in which both sides agreed to disconnect to ease tension. .
During the talks, the two sides held a deep exchange of views on the situation and agreed to seriously implement the five-point consensus reached at the Moscow meeting in Russia between the two foreign ministers.
Both nations decided to strictly abide by the border affairs agreement and the agreement signed by the two countries and take practical measures to promote the border situation. It was also agreed to further facilitate the cool down and avoid any action that could complicate the situation.
The two sides positively evaluated the results of the sixth round of talks at the commander level and agreed to continue to maintain dialogue and consultations through diplomatic and military channels. They also agreed to hold the seventh round of commander-level talks as soon as possible.
It was decided to intensify and properly manage outstanding problems on the ground, and jointly maintain peace in the border areas.
Following the meeting of the Foreign Ministers, 6th Corps commander-level talks were held on the Royal Line of Control, and although China’s withdrawal has yet to take place, both sides agreed to “stop sending more troops to the front “.
WMCC is an institutional consultation and coordination mechanism for the management of the border areas between India and China. During this meeting, both parties exchange views on strengthening communication, including in areas such as border security personnel of the two parties.
On September 29, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) claimed that India never accepted the unilaterally defined so-called Line of Current Control (LAC) from 1959, adding that the position has been consistent and well known, even to the Chinese. The MEA said India urged China to “comply” with “sincerely and faithfully” all “agreements and understandings in their entirety and refrain from promoting an unsustainable unilateral interpretation of LAC.”
India and China have been involved in talks with the commanders since the clash in the Galwan Valley in June. On August 29-30, Indian and Chinese troops were embroiled in another skirmish as the Indian side sought to push back the Chinese incursion amid the confrontation on the border.
“As we have made clear before, the Indian side has always respected and abided by LAC. As the Defense Minister recently said in Parliament, it is the Chinese side that, with its attempts to transgress the LAC in various parts of the western sector , has tried to unilaterally alter the status quo, “he had said.
In recent months, the Chinese side has repeatedly stated that the current situation in the border areas should be resolved in accordance with the agreements signed between the two countries. In the agreement reached between the foreign minister and his Chinese counterpart on September 10 as well, the Chinese side has reiterated its commitment to abide by all existing agreements, the MEA added.
The MEA had added: “Therefore, we hope that the Chinese side will sincerely and faithfully comply with all agreements and understandings in their entirety and refrain from promoting an unsustainable unilateral interpretation of LAC.”
“Under its various bilateral agreements, including the 1993 Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility on Confidence Building Measures (CBM) in the Military Field, the 2005 Agreement on Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the solution of the border issue between India and China, both in India and China we have committed to the clarification and confirmation of LAC to reach a common understanding of the alignment of LAC ”, the MEA had said.
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The MEA had further stated that “the two parties had engaged in an exercise to clarify and confirm the LAC until 2003, but this process could not continue as the Chinese side did not show the will to follow it.”
“Therefore, the insistence now by China that they are a single FTA is contrary to the solemn commitments assumed by China in these agreements,” the MEA had stated.
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