Dealing with increasingly assertive China a common challenge for India-US: Biden's advisor

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's visor Antony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state said India and US have a common challenge which is to deal with an increasingly assertive China across board. He said it includes controlling China's aggression towards New Delhi at Line of Actual Control and "using its ecomic might to coerce ors and reap unfair vant.

'We have a common challenge'

"We have a common challenge which has to deal with an increasingly assertive China across board, including its aggression toward India at Line of Actual Control but also using its ecomic might to coerce ors and reap unfair vant. Igring international rules to vance its own interests asserting unfounded maritime and territorial claims that threaten freedom of navigation in some of most important seas in world," he said during a panel discussion moderated by US former envoy to India Richard Verma.

Blinken also said Biden ministration would be an vocate for India to play a leing role in international institutions and that includes helping India get a permanent seat on reformed United Nations Security Council. "In a Biden ministration, we would be an vocate for India to play a leing role in international institutions and that includes helping India get a seat on a United Nations Security Council," he ded

Former Vice President Joe Biden sees United States and India as "natural partners", and that is vision he would help to make real if elected as US president, said Blinken.

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'India and US are natural partners'

This comes on a day when Biden's campaign said that Joe Biden ministration will place a "high priority" on continuing to strengn US-India relationship, ding that if elected he will have " tolerance" for cross-border terrorism in South Asia. Biden campaign on Saturday released a policy document, which says Biden ministration will work with India to support a "rules-based and stable Indo-Pacific region" in which country, including China, is able to "threaten its neighbours with impunity.

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"Biden will deliver on his long-standing belief that India and United States are natural partners, and a Biden ministration will place a high priority on continuing to strengn US-India relationship," it said.

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(With ncy inputs)