The US has said it is closely monitoring the situation regarding the India-China border disputes and is glad that at least in December both India and China appeared to have come to terms.

“We are closely monitoring the situation regarding border disputes broadly, but we are glad to hear that at least in December both sides (India and China) appear to have broken up,” said US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel , on Thursday.

Patel responded to the media inquiry at the regular briefing that Washington was relieved that the situation was calm on both sides.

In particular, the border conflict in Ladakh in 2020 remains the dominant issue between the two sides. Since April 2020, India and China have also held several rounds of diplomatic and military-level meetings on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border areas.

Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong described the situation on the China-India border as “currently stable” and recently told Indian Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat that both sides stand tall and look to the future and strengthen the bilateral ties of should be viewed from a broad and long-term perspective. term perspective.

Sun said that as the situation at the border is currently stable, both India and China should implement the important consensus between the leaders of the two nations and also strengthen communications, China’s foreign ministry said in an official statement.

India has repeatedly said bilateral ties cannot be normal unless the border situation is normal, adding that if China disrupts the peace and tranquility in the border areas, it will further damage ties.

In addition, the US Deputy Spokesman also identified India as a key ally of the United States in a number of areas.

He said that India has been a great partner for the US in a number of areas including trade cooperation, security cooperation and technological cooperation.

The US State Department also condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine and expressed its condolences to all those injured.

“As you all saw, last night Russia launched more missiles into Ukraine… On behalf of the United States, I want to offer my condolences to all those injured and to the families of those killed across Ukraine,” Patel said.

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