WASHINGTON:
US President Donald Trump
on Wednesday offered to mediate between India and China over their “raging
border dispute
,” in another wild swing at
diplomatic intervention
in the region.
“We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute. Thank you!” Trump said on Wednesday morning, in a flurry of tweets over a range of subjects amid raging civic unrest in the US following the purported murder of a black man by police in Minneapolis filmed in broad daylight.
We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate the… https://t.co/t5cenR7qkp
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1590578488000
The US President’s offer, dismissed or ignored in both China and India, surprised most observers given its timing – coming when Washington’s own ties with
Beijing
are fraught. The fact that Trump tweeted about it first thing in the morning – around 7.30 a.m. – suggested the issue must have