‘Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India’ : Bipartisan resolution introduced in US Senate
Washington (USA) – This bipartisan resolution expresses the Senate’s support for unequivocally recognising the State of Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India. The McMahon Line has been recognised by the United States as the international boundary between China and Arunachal Pradesh in a bipartisan Senate resolution.
Arunachal Pradesh an integral part of India, says the US; condemns China’s military aggressionhttps://t.co/7oaNaKRW35
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“At a time when China continues to pose grave and gathering threats to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, it is critical for the United States to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our strategic partners in the region, especially India,” Senator Bill Hagerty, who along with Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a resolution in the Senate. The Bill was co-sponsored by John Cornyn. He continued, that the bipartisan resolution demonstrates the Senate’s support for categorically acknowledging Arunachal Pradesh as the Constituent State of India. He also denounced China’s aggressive military actions along the Line of Actual Control in an effort to alter the status quo. In such a situation, the US must stand by its strategic partner and especially India.
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1. He said, “This bipartisan resolution expresses the Senate’s support for enhancing the US-India strategic partnership and the Quad (Japan, India, US and Australia) in support of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific.”
2. The bill condemns additional China’s provocations, including the construction of villages in contested areas, the publication of maps with Mandarin-language names for cities and features in Arunachal Pradesh and the expansion of the country’s territorial claims in Bhutan.