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Not for Us to Opine: Spokesman for UN Secretary-General on Trump Mediation Between India and China

© REUTERS / P. Ravikumar File photo of students wearing masks of China's President Xi Jinping as others wave national flags of India and China, ahead of the informal summit with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a school in Chennai, India, October 10, 2019
 File photo of students wearing masks of China's President Xi Jinping as others wave national flags of India and China, ahead of the informal summit with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a school in Chennai, India, October 10, 2019 - Sputnik International
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India and China are in a border stand-off following Beijing’s objection over infrastructure development by New Delhi near the loosely demarcated 4,000 km Line of Actual Control. Troops from both sides were involved in a physical altercation, which led to injuries on both sides.

A day after US President Donald Trump offered to mediate between India and China amid escalating border tensions, the UN Secretary-General's spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric clarified that it wasn't up to outsiders to weigh in unless invited to do so.

“That would be for the parties involved to decide who they would want to mediate. It's not for us to opine. We are obviously looking at the situation and we would urge all the parties involved to avoid any action that would make the situation even more tense,” he said on Thursday.

​On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to inform India and China about Washington's readiness to mediate their border dispute.

​The mediation offer came amid the continuous movement of reinforcements from the two Asian giants to the Ladakh region in past few days. While the Indian Army has reportedly moved additional infantry battalions to Ladakh, China after deploying additional troops to "reclaim authority" over Galwan Valley, pitched 70-80 tents and parked heavy vehicles near the border area.

However, on Wednesday, the Chinese foreign affairs ministry said: “The overall situation in the China-India border area is stable and under control, and the two countries are capable of resolving border issues through dialogue and negotiations.”

The deadlock between the south Asian neighbours continues three weeks since a violent clash on the northern banks of Pangong left soldiers from both sides badly injured.

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