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Not sure if Trump will back India against China after US elections: Bolton

The former US NSA also says he does not think Trump knows anything about the history of these clashes over the decades between India and China

US National Security Advisor John Bolton. Photo: Twitter @@AmbJohnBolton
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"China has been behaving in a belligerent fashion all around its periphery, certainly in the East and South China sea, and its relations with Japan, India as well as others have declined," Bolton told WION TV in an interview.

Press Trust of India New Delhi

Former United States national security advisor John Bolton has said that if the Sino-India border tensions escalate, there is no guarantee that US President Donald Trump will back India against China.

"China has been behaving in a belligerent fashion all around its periphery, certainly in the East and South China sea, and its relations with Japan, India as well as others have declined," Bolton told WION TV in an interview.

On how far Trump was prepared to go to back India against China, he said, "I don't know which way he would go and I don't think he knows either. I think