Working ‘closely’ with India to handle border problem, US should not interfere: China

China on Thursday said it will work “closely” with India to properly handle the ongoing border tension and strongly criticised the US for saying it was concerned by Beijing’s attempts to coerce its neighbours including India.

The Chinese defence ministry added that the border problem is a bilateral matter and both China and India oppose interference from a third party.

Defence ministry spokesperson, Wu Qian said “…some American politicians are so fond of using the word ‘coerce’, they seem to have forgotten that the US is the inventor and master player of ‘coercive diplomacy’.”

China neither “coerces” nor is “coerced” by others, and strongly opposes the US forcing “coercive diplomacy” on other countries, Wu said on Thursday.