US to participate in military drill near India’s disputed border with China

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
07:
Amid
rising
tensions
with
China,
the
United
States
is
likely
to
take
part
in
a
joint
military
exercise
with
India
less
than
100
kilometers
(62
miles)
from
country’s
disputed
border
with
China.

The
military
exercise
will
take
place
in
mid-October
at
an
altitude
of
10,000
feet
in
Auli
in
the
Indian
state
of
Uttarakhand
and
will
focus
on
high-altitude
combat
training,
CNN
reports,
citing
a
senior
Indian
army
officer.

Auli
is
about
95
kilometers
from
the
Line
of
Actual
Control
(LFC),
where
the
disputed
border
between
India
and
China
runs.

The
drills
will
take
place
as
part
of
the
18th
edition
of
an
annual
joint
exercise
known
as
“Yudh
Abhyas”
—
or
“War
Practice”.

Royal
Army
of
Oman
contingent
for
joint
exercise
Al
NAJAH-IV
arrive
in
India

India-China
standoff

India
and
China
have
witnessed
rising
tensions
at
the
LAC
over
the
last
two
years
following
the
stand-off
in
Ladakh.

The
eastern
Ladakh
border
standoff
erupted
on
May
5,
2020,
following
a
violent
clash
in
the
Pangong
lake
areas.

Both
sides
gradually
enhanced
their
deployment
by
rushing
in
tens
of
thousands
of
soldiers
as
well
as
heavy
weaponry.

As
a
result
of
a
series
of
military
and
diplomatic
talks,
the
two
sides
completed
the
disengagement
process
last
year
on
the
north
and
south
banks
of
the
Pangong
lake
and
in
the
Gogra
area.

Each
side
currently
has
around
50,000
to
60,000
troops
along
the
Line
of
Actual
Control
(LAC)
in
the
sensitive
sector.

China-US
tension

Tensions
have
also
risen
between
the
US
and
China
over
House
Speaker
Nancy
Pelosi’s
Taiwan
stop
last
week.

China
has
announced
unspecified
sanctions
on
U.S.
House
Speaker
Nancy
Pelosi
for
her
visit
earlier
this
week
to
Taiwan.
A
Chinese
Foreign
Ministry
statement
said
Friday
that
Pelosi
had
disregarded
China’s
concerns
and
resolute
opposition
to
her
visit
to
the
self-ruled
island,
which
Beijing
claims.