The United States recognises the McMahon Line because the worldwide boundary between China and Arunachal Pradesh, based on a bipartisan Senate decision which sees Arunachal Pradesh as an integral a part of India.

“At a time when China continues to pose grave and gathering threats to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, it is critical for the United States to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our strategic partners in the region, especially India,” Senator Bill Hagerty, who together with Senator Jeff Merkley launched a decision within the Senate, stated.

“This bipartisan resolution expresses the Senate’s support for unequivocally recognising the state of Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, condemning China’s military aggression to change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control, and further enhancing the US-India strategic partnership and the Quad in support of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” he stated on Tuesday.

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The decision, which comes following the most important conflict between the Republic of India and China within the Eastern Sector alongside the Line of Actual Control in six years, reaffirms that the United States recognises the McMahon Line because the worldwide boundary between China and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The decision additionally pushes again towards People’s Republic of China (PRC) claims that Arunachal Pradesh is PRC territory, which is part of the PRC’s more and more aggressive and expansionist insurance policies.

“America’s values supporting freedom and a rules-based order must be at the center of all of our actions and relationships around the world, especially as the PRC government pushes an alternative vision,” Merkley stated.

“This resolution makes clear that the United States views the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Republic of India—not the People’s Republic of China—and commits the US to deepening support and assistance to the region, alongside like-minded international partners and donors,” he stated.

The bipartisan Senators’ decision condemns extra China’s provocations, together with the People’s Republic of China’s use of navy pressure to alter the established order alongside the Line of Actual Control, development of villages in contested areas, publication of maps with Mandarin-language names for cities and options within the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and growth of PRC territorial claims in Bhutan.

Furthermore, the decision commends the Government of India for taking steps to defend itself towards aggression and safety threats from the People’s Republic of China. These efforts embrace securing India’s telecommunications infrastructure; analyzing its procurement processes and provide chains; implementing funding screening requirements; and increasing its cooperation with Taiwan in public well being and different sectors.

The decision serves to additional strengthen the US-India bilateral partnership relating to protection, know-how, economics, and people-to-people ties and promotes enhancing our multilateral cooperation with India by the Quad, the East Asia Summit alongside our companions within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and different worldwide fora.

This decision is co-sponsored by Senator John Cornyn.