India-China border situation very nasty, US would love to help, says Donald Trump

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has asserted that Washington was talking to India and China on resolving "a very nasty situation" in the Ladakh region, but equivocated on whether Beijing was a bully.

He said on Friday at a Washington news conference: "We stand ready to help with respect to China and India. If we can do anything we will have to get involved and help. And we are talking to both countries about that."

"It's been very nasty, a very nasty situation," he said about the confrontation between the two sides along the Line of Actual (LAC) in Ladakh, where China has fortified its troop presence and, according to India carried out "provocative military movements" on the southern bank of Pangong Tso lake between Sunday and Monday.

Asked by a reporter if China was bullying India, he said: "I hope not, I hope not. They are certainly going at it, and they are going it at very much more strongly than a lot of people even understand."

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