Washington:

The USA needs India nicely in its efforts to enhance strained ties with China, the number-two U.S. diplomat stated on Wednesday, whereas cautioning that Chinese language chief Xi Jinping finds it very exhausting to indicate any flexibility on territorial points.

Indian Overseas Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stated on Tuesday after assuming workplace for a second straight time period that India would give attention to discovering options to frame points with China, which have lengthy strained ties between the neighbours.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, who has led U.S. efforts to spice up ties with India to push again towards China’s rising energy, was requested at a Washington assume tank about Mr Jaishankar’s feedback.

“I believe the reality is that anytime two international locations can discover a diploma of the widespread house to scale back tensions, I believe we now have to help that,” he stated.

“I believe we want the Indians nicely in deliberations,” he added, earlier than occurring to say that Washington was “very assured and cozy” about its personal bilateral relationship with India “and we wish that to proceed going ahead.”

Campbell stated he can be in India subsequent week with Jake Sullivan, the U.S. nationwide safety adviser, to “advance areas of coordination.”

“I believe we really feel superb about this partnership,” he stated, whereas including: “I believe there are some structural points between China and India that frankly might be tough to resolve.”

Campbell stated he believed that for any rapprochement, or substantial enchancment in relations with China, India would count on modifications in how Beijing treats their contested borders.

“One of many issues that we have seen underneath Xi Jinping on something that bridges, or touches, territorial issues, I believe it’s extremely exhausting for the Chinese language to indicate any flexibility, or any need to seek out widespread floor,” he stated.

India and China share a 3,800 km (2,400 mile) border – a lot of it poorly demarcated – over which the nuclear-armed nations fought a conflict in 1962. They’ve engaged in a navy standoff since July 2020 when not less than 20 Indian troopers and 4 Chinese language troops have been killed within the worst clashes in 5 many years.

Washington has sought to develop its ties with India despite some variations over points together with human rights.

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