India, US discuss China-Taiwan tensions |
External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cambodia`s capital Phnom Penh. The meeting on 4th August comes at a time when US-China tension is high over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi`s visit to Taiwan. In his opening remarks at the meeting, which took place on the margins of an ASEAN Foreign Ministers` meeting, Blinken referred to concerns over challenges” in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and the situation in the Indo-Pacific. Blinken said the US and India are strong proponents of the ASEAN centrality in the Indo-Pacific, according to the US State Department. India has so far sought to maintain a diplomatic balance between Russia and the US-led West in the situation caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While India has expressed concern at the killings in Bucha, it has stopped short of condemning Moscow`s actions. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that Jaishankar and Blinken exchanged views on global and regional issues, including Russia`s brutal aggression against Ukraine and the implications it has had on food insecurity around the world.
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