{"id":28035,"date":"2020-06-20T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T01:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=28035"},"modified":"2020-06-20T07:27:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T01:57:51","slug":"u-s-following-india-china-face-off-closely-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=28035","title":{"rendered":"U.S. following India-China face-off \u2018closely\u2019: envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secretary of State Pompeo condoles death of Indian soldiers
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A top U.S. diplomat on Thursday said China\u2019s actions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India could be a negotiating tactic or a manoeuvre to demonstrate its superiority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

David Stilwell, the U.S.\u2019s top diplomat for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, also said the U.S. was following the India-China conflict \u201c very closely\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the day, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted a message of condolence about the Indian soldiers who were killed in this week\u2019s conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | File Photo | Photo Credit: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the people of India for the lives lost as a result of the recent confrontation with China. We will remember the soldiers\u2019 families, loved ones, and communities as they grieve,\u201d Mr. Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in clashes with Chinese soldiers in the Galwan valley of Ladakh earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past disputes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing… we\u2019re obviously watching the India-China border dispute very closely. It… this activity is similar to activity we\u2019ve seen in the past on border disputes with the PRC [People\u2019s Republic of China] and again, I would point you to those,\u201d Mr. Stilwell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was speaking during a briefing with reporters on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s meeting with Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe PLA invaded this contested area deeper and longer, with more people, than ever before historically. Again, whether that was a negotiating tactic or a \u2026 just a punch in the nose to demonstrate their superiority, I don\u2019t know. But then we saw the Doklam issue down near Bhutan, where we saw similar concerns. I wish I knew. Again, we don\u2019t have a lot of visibility and we don\u2019t have a lot of open dialogue with our Chinese counterparts, and honestly I\u2019d like to see more of that if we can,\u201d Mr Stilwell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His comments were in response to a question on whether there was a coherent policy behind Chinese fighters approaching Taiwan recently, China\u2019s legislative actions in Hong Kong and the India-China border clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe actions that we\u2019ve seen out of the PRC of late \u2026 have been not really constructive as we look at India, the South China Sea, Hong Kong issues, and just go around the perimeter,\u201d Mr. Stilwell added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With inputs from The Hindu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Secretary of State Pompeo condoles death of Indian soldiers A top U.S. diplomat on Thursday said China\u2019s actions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India could be a negotiating tactic or a manoeuvre to demonstrate its superiority. David Stilwell, the U.S.\u2019s top diplomat for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, also said the U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}