New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his tweet said that “We extend our deepest condolences to the people of India for the lives lost as a result of the recent confrontation with China. We will remember the soldiers’ families, loved ones, and communities as they grieve”.

The US has conveyed it condolences to India after 20 soldiers laid down their lives in stopping Chinese aggression in eastern Ladakh on Monday. Several leaders in the US have spoken out against China’s posturing along the Line of Actual Control. “On land, for the sake of grabbing territory, the PLA appears to have instigated the most violent clash between China and India since those nations went to war in 1962,” senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said in a major foreign policy speech on the floor of the house.

In his speech, China topped the list of countries, threatening the interest of the US and its allies.”Needless to say, the rest of the world has watched with grave concern this violent exchange between two nuclear states. We are encouraging de-escalation and hoping for peace,” McConnell said. “But the world could not have received a clearer reminder that China is dead-set on brutalizing people within their own borders, challenging and remaking the international order anew in their image to include literally redrawing the world map,” he said.