New Delhi: China's People's Liberation Army has actually not yet withdrawn from several forward positions at the Line of Actual Control that it had actually seized after the initial clashes with Indian forces, a leading US military leader informed the Senate Armed Solutions Committee in Washington on Tuesday.

He also said the US and Indian navies are now firmly sharing info, and India has significantly increased its acquisition of US defence gear.Adm.

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Davidson, US Navy head in the Indo-Pacific Command, said China's expansionary territorial ambitions were on display screen along its western border, where the PLA engaged in a standoff with Indian forces along the LAC considering that May 2020.

He stated the standoff was predicated by clashes over construction activity near the challenged border, which PLA aspects consequently forward-deployed roughly 50,000 soldiers along the LAC, causing a counter-deployment by the Indian Army.

The PLA has not yet withdrawn from numerous forward positions it seized following the preliminary clash, and the following escalation of tensions between China and India led to casualties on both sides, he told the committee.

He said this massive PLA mobilisation-- which is especially noteworthy thinking about the elevation, terrain and range included-- has actually stoked local concerns that China will progressively use force to achieve its wanted outcomes.

Last month, Indian and Chinese soldiers had completed disengagement from Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh after a nine-month standoff.

India and China are now talking about the methods of the second phase of the disengagement in Depsang Plains, Gogra, Hot Springs and Demchok.

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Davidson stated the present state of the US-India relations presents a historical chance to deepen ties and strengthen what he thinks about the specifying collaboration of the 21st century .