India, US on same page over China: Envoy

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 6

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Wednesday said she believed India was of the “same mind” as Washington in cooperating with China where it is in its interest but challenge Beijing where it undermined the interests of the US and its allies.

The visiting senior US diplomat said China would also be challenged if it threatened the rules-based international order.

She was speaking at a session of the USIBC India Ideas Summit where Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said fast-paced developments in South Asia, especially in Afghanistan, will keep India and the US engaged.

“We have a keen desire to ensure that we both work together to ensure peace, security, and stability in South Asia and beyond,” he said.

Sherman and Shringla also met separately to review the results of the PM Modi’s meetings with US President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris and the Quad Summit in Washington. Many of the challenges can’t be solved by one nation alone, said Sherman.