New York:
US President Donald Trump needs to see the battle between India and Pakistan de-escalate “as rapidly as doable,” the White Home mentioned on Friday.
The feedback by White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt got here as navy motion between India and Pakistan intensified following India’s strike on 9 terror websites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK) underneath ‘Operation Sindoor’ early Wednesday. India’s strike was a strong retaliation to the Pahalgam bloodbath on April 22, by which 26 individuals, principally vacationers, had been killed.
“The President has expressed he needs to see this de-escalate as rapidly as doable. He understands these are two nations which were at odds with each other for many years, lengthy earlier than President Trump was right here within the Oval Workplace,” Leavitt mentioned.
“That is one thing that the Secretary of State and, after all, now our nationwide safety advisor as effectively, Marco Rubio, has been very a lot concerned in,” Leavitt added.
She was responding to a query concerning the US efforts to mediate or have an effect on the battle between India and Pakistan.
She mentioned Trump “has good relationships” with the leaders of each nations, and Rubio has been in “fixed communication with the leaders of each nations, making an attempt to convey this battle to an finish.”
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Rubio spoke individually with Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, emphasising the necessity for de-escalation and reiterated his requires Pakistan to take concrete steps to finish any assist for terrorist teams.
Throughout his name, S Jaishankar conveyed to Rubio that India will firmly counter any makes an attempt by Pakistan to escalate the state of affairs.
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