The United States has claimed that it stands with India against Chinese aggression as several lawmakers slammed China for electing a PLA soldier, who was part of the military command that attacked Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in 2020. As a torchbearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
“When it comes to the situation on the India-China border, we continue to support direct dialogue and the peaceful resolution of disputes,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference on Thursday.
“We have previously expressed our concern at Beijing’s pattern of ongoing efforts to intimidate its neighbours. As we always do, we stand by friends. We stand with our partners and allies in advancing our shared prosperity, security and values in the Indo-Pacific.”
Earlier in the day, two top US senators slammed China for its decision to field Qi Fabao, a regimental commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which is bordering Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020. was injured during the clash. , as a pioneer of the torch relay of the Games.
“Another outrageous example of major politicization of #CCP in Beijing 2022. His decision to choose a soldier who participated in the 2020 ambush against Indian troops as the torch bearer is appalling and intentionally provocative,” Senator Marco Rubio said.
The Florida senator said that he stands with India.
In another tweet, Senator Jim Rish, ranking member of the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also said that the US will continue to support India’s sovereignty.
Rish tweeted, “It is shameful that Beijing chose a torchbearer for the Olympics 2022, who is part of the military command to attack India in 2020 and is enforcing genocide against Uighurs. US Uyghur independence and India Will continue to support the sovereignty of
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alleged that it was an attempt by the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party to use the glare and glare of the Olympics to divert global attention from human rights abuses in China.
“These efforts raise many questions that the Congress-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has asked about the policies of the International Olympic Committee, the nexus between major sporting events and human rights, and the responsibilities of governments, sporting bodies, corporate sponsors throughout 2021. , broadcasters and others associated with these Olympic Games,” he said.
Meanwhile, Rubio joined several other senators on Thursday including Rick Scott, Josh Hawley, Mike Braun, Ted Cruz and Bill Haggerty in introducing the ‘No PLA Loopholes’ Act – a move to close a loophole in existing legislation. Bill. Limit joint military operations and exercises between the United States and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Twenty Indian Army personnel lost their lives in the Galwan skirmishes that marked the most serious military conflicts between India and China in decades.
In February last year, China officially acknowledged that five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in the Galwan clash with the Indian Army, although it is widely believed that the death toll was higher.
Beijing is hosting the Winter Olympics amid diplomatic boycotts by the US, the European Union and several Western countries over allegations of human rights violations in Xinjiang, including the incarceration of more than one million Uighur Muslim men and women in camps.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed. Only the title has been changed.
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