The US will take part in a joint military drill with India that will take place fewer than 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the South Asian country's contentious border with China.
According to a senior Indian Army official with knowledge of the situation, the military manoeuvres will take place in mid-October at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Auli, Uttarakhand, and would focus on high-altitude combat training.
Auli lies around 95 kilometres from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), an unforgiving stretch of territory where India and China's disputed boundary is loosely delineated.
The manoeuvres will be held as part of the 18th annual joint exercise known as "Yudh Abhyas" – or "War Practice."
Since a brutal encounter between their soldiers in the Himalayas in June 2020, which killed at least 20 Indian troops and four Chinese soldiers, relations between India and China have been tense.
Tensions have lately been heightened by China's construction of a bridge over the border's Pangong Tso lake, which the Indian government has decried as an "illegal occupation."
During a recent visit to India, US Army Pacific Commanding General Charles Flynn called China's military buildup near the disputed border "alarming."