Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that India, which has charted an impartial course on international coverage, was compelled to alter its strategic posture and be part of the four-nation Quad grouping attributable to China’s aggressive actions.

India and China are locked in a lingering border standoff in jap Ladakh for over 31 months.

The bilateral relationship got here beneath extreme pressure following the lethal conflict in Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh in June 2020.

India has maintained that the bilateral relationship can’t be regular except there may be peace within the border space.

In his newest e-book ‘Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love’ that hit the shops on Tuesday, Mr Pompeo referred to as India the “wild card” in Quad as a result of it was a nation based on socialist ideology and spent the Cold War aligning with neither the US nor the erstwhile USSR.

“The country (India) has always charted its own course without a true alliance system, and that is still mostly the case. But China’s actions have caused India to change its strategic posture in the last few years,” Mr Pompeo wrote in his newest e-book.

Mr Pompeo, 59, who’s extensively imagined to run for the Presidential elections in 2024, explains how the Donald Trump administration succeeded in bringing India on board the Quad grouping.

The US, Japan, India and Australia had in 2017 given form to the long-pending proposal of establishing the Quad or the Quadrilateral coalition to counter China’s aggressive behaviour within the resource-rich Indo-Pacific area.

“China forged a close partnership with Pakistan – India’s arch rival – as one of the first steps in its Belt and Road Initiative.

“In June 2020, Chinese troopers clubbed twenty Indian troopers to demise in a border skirmish. That bloody incident triggered the Indian public to demand a change of their nation’s relationship with China,” Mr Pompeo writes.

“India banned TikTok and dozens of Chinese apps as a part of its response. And a Chinese virus was killing tons of of hundreds of Indian residents. I used to be generally requested why India had moved away from China, and my reply got here straight from what I heard from Indian management: ‘Wouldn’t you?’ occasions have been altering – and creating a chance for us to attempt one thing new and pull the US and India extra carefully collectively than ever,” Mr Pompeo writes.

In his book, Pompeo describes the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a global leader of extraordinary courage and vision.

“He is thought to be the daddy of the Quad, demonstrating his foresight in viewing the CCP as a risk. He additionally coined the thought of a “free and open Indo-Pacific” – an idea that has gained lasting foreign money in diplomatic circles. It’s value repeating: What a loss it was for the world that this excellent chief was assassinated in 2022,” Mr Pompeo writes.

Mr Pompeo also praised former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for displaying courage and standing up against Chinese aggression.

The Japanese and Australian legs of the Quad were strong and getting stronger with our support, he added.

China is engaged in hotly contested territorial disputes in both the South China Sea and the East China Sea.

China claims sovereignty over all of the South China Sea.

Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan have counterclaims.

Beijing has also built up and militarised many of the islands and reefs it controls in the region.

Both areas are stated to be rich in minerals, oil and other natural resources and are also vital to global trade.

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