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Support for India from the US political class became bipartisan after a prominent Democrat leader Eliott Engel joined US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in speaking out against China for the stand-off on the line of actual control (LAC).
“I am extremely concerned by the ongoing Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control on the India-China border. China is demonstrating once again that it is willing to bully its neighbours rather than resolve conflicts according to international law,” said Congressman Eliot Engel who is also the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Not too long back, Engel was critical of the CAA and NRC as well as the lockdown in Kashmir.
“Countries must all abide by the same set of rules so that we don’t live in a world where ‘might makes right’. I strongly urge China to respect norms and use diplomacy and existing mechanisms to resolve its border questions with India,” added the statement issued by Engel.
Pompeo spoke on China’s all-round aggression for the second day in succession. “The recent Chinese actions be it on the India border, or Hong Kong or the South China Sea, have been part of the Chinese behaviour in the recent past. We’ve seen over the past number of years continued Chinese building of their military capabilities, and then more aggressive action. I mentioned India. You’ve mentioned the South China Sea,” he said in a podcast interview.
Pompeo’s earlier comments on the same lines were made a day earlier in an interview to Fox TV.
