Washington: The United States believes that Indian soldiers thwarted provocative movements by China’s military near a disputed border in the Ladakh region months into the rival nations’ deadliest standoff in decades. However, the dragon is quite shocked by his commander's decision who decided to retreat from the tense area without the consent of Beijing.
According to the American intelligence assessment, the US believes that the Indian Army prevented the loss of ground. The US believes that the Indian Army was ready for the provocation led by China.
Meanwhile, on the latest tension between India and China, the US also believes that China deliberately provoked India and entered into the disputed territory. That its local commander decided to retreat when there was a skirmish with India. Indian Army has strengthened its position by repelling the Chinese army on the southern side of Pangong Lake Dispute.
India unilaterally declared Ladakh a federal territory and separated it from disputed Kashmir in August 2019, ending its semi-autonomous status and straining the already prickly relationship between New Delhi and Beijing.
China was among the countries that strongly condemned the move, and further raising it at international forums including the UN Security Council.
The two nations fought a border war in 1962 that also spilled into Ladakh and ended in an uneasy truce. Since then, troops from opposing sides have guarded the undefined mountain border area, occasionally brawling.
Accusing each other of instigating the violence, both sides pledged to safeguard their territory but also to try to end the standoff that dramatically changed the India-China relationship.
Several rounds of military and diplomatic talks on ending the crisis have been unsuccessful.
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