US closely monitoring situation along India-China LAC, says American Secretary of Defence

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The United States is “closely monitoring” India-China military stand-off along the disputed boundary between the two nations, American Secretary of Defence Mark T Esper said on Tuesday. A day after the warships of the Indian Navy and the United States Navy had a joint exercise near Malacca Strait to send out a message to China, Esper said that US and India shared “one of the all-important defence relationships of the 21st century”. The US Secretary of Defence also slammed China’s aggressive and expansionist moves in the Indo-Pacific region and its “brazen disregard for international commitments” and disrespect for the rights...