Donald Trump offers mediation to resolve Indo-China border tensions

US President Donald Trump finally commented amid renewed tension between India and China over what the government called new attempts by Beijing to change the status quo in certain areas in eastern Ladakh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “a friend of mine,” and is a ‘great leader,’ said US President Donald Trump on Friday.
“Prime Minister Modi is a friend of mine and he is doing a very good job. It’s nothing easy but he is doing a very good job. You have got a great leader and you have got a great person,” he told reporters at a media briefing here.

Trump further added that the US is ready to help India as the border stand-off between India and China has been very nasty and that China is certainly going at it.

Briefing the media at the White House, Trump said, “While we’re at it, we’re talking about China and India, (they) are going at it pretty good on the border, as you know. It has been very nasty, “ Donald Trump said, adding, “And we stand ready to help, with respect to China and India”.

Also Read: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Moscow

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting in Moscow on Friday. Details of the meeting, however, were not known.

India recently outflanked China by taking control of strategic height near Pangong lake’s southern bank. It thwarted an attempt by the Chinese army to transgress into Indian areas near the southern bank of Pangong Tso near Chushul in Ladakh.

India and China are engaged in a standoff since April-May over the transgressions by the Chinese Army in multiple areas including Finger area, Galwan valley, Hot springs and Kongrung Nala.
The situation worsened after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in violent clashes with Chinese troops in Galwan valley in June.

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