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White House press secretary Karoline Claire Leavitt said Rubio has been “very much involved” in the India-Pakistan issue and is in constant contact with leaders from both countries
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US President Donald Trump wants India-Pakistan tensions to de-escalate as early as possible, the White House said on Friday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday and emphasized the need for an immediate de-escalation.
White House press secretary Karoline Claire Leavitt said Rubio has been “very much involved” in the India-Pakistan issue and is in constant contact with leaders from both countries.
“The President wants it to de-escalate as early as possible. Rubio is trying to bring this conflict to an end,” she said.
#WATCH | Washington, DC | On US efforts to mediate in the India-Pakistan conflict, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says, “This is something that the Secretary of State and now our NSA as well, Marco Rubio, has been involved in. The President has expressed that he… pic.twitter.com/NL55jSFyIM— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2025
In his phone call with Sharif, Rubio reiterated his calls for Pakistan to take concrete steps to end any support for terrorist groups.
After India’s Operation Sindoor targeted terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Islamabad has been launching drone attacks, targeting cities in the northern and western parts of India. However, the Indian air defence system shot down all of them in mid-air, preventing any damage to infrastructure or loss of lives.
On the night of 8–9 May 2025, Pakistan carried out large-scale violations of Indian airspace, attempting to target military infrastructure with 300–400 drones across 36 locations from Leh to Sir Creek. Indian forces neutralized many using kinetic and non-kinetic means. An armed… pic.twitter.com/LCOAwcMNjh— Ministry of Defence, Government of India (@SpokespersonMoD) May 9, 2025
Earlier, US Vice President JD Vance said that America would not involved in the India-Pakistan issue and it would only encourage both nations to de-escalate the situation a little bit.
“What we can do is try to encourage these folks to deescalate a little bit, but we’re not going to get involved in the middle of war that’s fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it. You know, America can’t tell the Indians to lay down their arms. We can’t tell the Pakistanis to lay down their arms. And so, we’re going to continue to pursue this thing through diplomatic channels. Our hope and our expectation is that this is not going to spiral into a broader regional war or, God forbid, a nuclear conflict. We are worried about these things. The job of the cooler heads in India and Pakistan is to make sure that this doesn’t become a nuclear war and if it happens, it will be disastrous but right now we don’t think it is going to happen,” Vance said in an interview to Fox News.
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