JULY: Less than a month after the historic go to of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, a Congressional Senatorial Committee has handed a decision recognising Arunachal Pradesh as an integral a part of India. The decision was launched by Senators Jeff Merkley, Bill Hagerty, Tim Kaine and Chris Van Hollen on Thursday.
The decision reaffirms that the United States recognises the McMahon Line because the worldwide boundary between the People’s Republic of China and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It pushes again in opposition to Chinese claims that enormous parts of Arunachal Pradesh are PRC territory, which is part of the PRC’s more and more aggressive and expansionist insurance policies, a media assertion stated.
The decision will go to the Senate flooring for a full vote. “America’s values supporting freedom and a rules-based order must be at the center of all of our actions and relationships around the world — especially as the PRC government pushes an alternative vision,” stated Senator Merkley, who serves because the Co-Chair of the Congressional Executive Commission on China.
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“Committee passage of this resolution affirms that the United States views the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Republic of India — not the People’s Republic of China — and commits the US to deepen support and assistance to the region, alongside like-minded international partners,” he stated.
Hagerty stated at a time when China continues to pose grave and gathering threats to the free and open Indo-Pacific, it is important for the United States to face shoulder-to-shoulder with its strategic companions within the area — particularly India and different Quad international locations — and push again in opposition to the CCP’s broader technique of territorial aggrandizement that it has pursued within the South and East China Seas, the Himalayas, and the southern Pacific.
“As tensions between India and China escalate over their shared border, the United States must stand strong in our defense of democracy by supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific,” stated Senator Cornyn.
“This resolution would reaffirm that the US recognises the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Republic of India, and I urge my colleagues to pass it without delay,” he added.
