China is rattled by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s strong support for India’s efforts to defend its sovereignty a reference to the military stand-off in Ladakh.
Pompeo said in a statement that the boundary question is a bilateral matter and there is no space for a third party to intervene.
Mike Pompeo had said yesterday that the US will stand with India as they confront threats to their sovereignty, liberty.
After talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, in which the Ladakh confrontation was discussed, Mr Pompeo had said: “The US will stand with India in its efforts to defend its sovereignty and its liberty… Our nations are committed to working together into expanding our partnerships across many fronts.”
Beijing said the development of bilateral ties between countries should not infringe upon legitimate rights and interests of a third party and should be conducive to regional peace, stability and development.
“The boundary question is a bilateral matter between China and India. The two sides have been discussing disengagement and deescalation in the border areas through diplomatic and military channels. China and India have the wisdom and ability to handle their differences properly. There’s no space for a third party to intervene,” said a statement released by the Chinese Embassy.
China also accused the US of pitching an Indo-Pacific strategy to maintain its dominance.
It said: “The Indo-Pacific strategy proposed by the US is to stir up confrontation among different groups and blocs and to stoke geopolitical competition, in a bid to maintain the dominance of the US, organize closed and exclusive ideological cliques.”
Beijing hit out at what it called the behaviour of engaging in unilateralism and bullying and added: By hyping up the so-called ‘China threat’, the US is in fact making pretexts for maintaining its global hegemony and containing China’s development.
