WASHINGTON, July 21 - Describing the Chinese military�s activities in the region as �destabilising�, US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper on Tuesday said America was �very closely� monitoring the situation between India and China along the Line of Actual Control.
Esper made the remarks while addressing a virtual security seminar amid China�s renewed military assertiveness in eastern Ladakh as well as in the South China Sea.
�We are obviously monitoring the situation between India and China very closely, what�s happening along the Line of Actual Control and we are very pleased to see both sides are trying to de-escalate the situation,� Esper said in response to a question on the tension between the two countries.
Asserting that the People�s Liberation Army activities in the region are destabilising , he said that it continues its aggressive behaviour in the East and South China Seas. � PTI
