New Delhi: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged on Sunday that the US screens developments between Pakistan and India “each single day”.
Talking on the difficulties of creating and sustaining a ceasefire, notably in relation to the conflict in Ukraine, Rubio informed NBC Information’ Meet the Press, “…the one solution to have a ceasefire is for each side to comply with cease firing at each other. And the Russians simply have not agreed to that.”
He emphasised that reaching a ceasefire is barely a part of the problem; guaranteeing it holds is equally complicated. Based on PTI, Rubio stated, “I imply, each single day we control what’s occurring between Pakistan and India, what’s occurring between Cambodia and Thailand.”
Rubio added that ceasefires “can collapse in a short time”, notably within the context of a protracted battle just like the three-and-a-half-year-long conflict in Ukraine. He famous that the US shouldn’t be centered on merely halting the battle briefly, however is as a substitute pushing for a long-term decision.
“…I do not suppose anybody disagrees that the perfect right here, what we’re aiming for shouldn’t be some everlasting ceasefire. What we’re aiming for here’s a peace deal so there’s not a conflict now and there is not a conflict sooner or later,” he stated.
In a separate interview with Fox Enterprise, Rubio once more referenced the India-Pakistan state of affairs: “And I feel we’re very lucky and blessed and ought to be grateful to have a President who has made peace and the achievement of peace a precedence of his administration. We’ve seen it in Cambodia and Thailand. We’ve seen it in India-Pakistan.”
This echoes claims made repeatedly previously by US President Donald Trump concerning American efforts in world peacebuilding.
Nonetheless, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whereas talking in Parliament throughout discussions on Operation Sindoor, firmly acknowledged that no overseas chief had requested India to halt the operation.
India’s Exterior Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, additionally confirmed that there was no third-party mediation concerned in securing a ceasefire with Pakistan throughout Operation Sindoor.