Amid tariff tussle with India, US Secretary Marco Rubio issues big statement on India-Pakistan ceasefire after Operation Sindoor, says ceasefires can…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that the US keeps 'an eye' on what's happening between India and Pakistan 'every single day' as ceasefires can fall apart very quickly.
What did Marco Rubio say about the India-Pakistan ceasefire?
Rubio stated, '…the only way to have a ceasefire is for both sides to agree to stop firing at one another. And the Russians just haven't agreed to that. Beyond that, I would say that one of the complications about ceasefires is they have to be maintained, which is very difficult. I mean, every single day we keep an eye on what's happening between Pakistan and India, what's happening between Cambodia and Thailand.'
In an interview to NBC News Meet The Press, Rubio stated,'Ceasefires can fall apart very quickly, especially after a three-and-a-half-year war (in Ukraine) like what we're facing now, but I don't think anyone disagrees that the ideal here, what we're aiming for is not some permanent ceasefire. What we're aiming for here is a peace deal so there's not a war now and there's not a war in the future.'
In another Fox Business interview, Rubio reiterated about the recent conflict in India and Pakistan, which President Donald Trump has claimed he resolved.
'And I think we are very fortunate and blessed and should be thankful to have a President who has made peace and the achievement of peace a priority of his administration. We've seen it in Cambodia and Thailand. We've seen it in India-Pakistan. We've seen it in Rwanda and the DRC. And we're going to continue to pursue any opportunities we can find to bring about peace in the world,' Rubio was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
When tensions between India and Pakistan intensified, the international community began making appeals for peace and offered unsolicited opportunities to mediate. As the tensions escalated, a serious situation had emerged. Operation Sindoor, aimed at avenging the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, targeted nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). In response to 'Operation Sindoor,' the Pakistani military initiated simultaneous missile launches towards 15 Indian cities aimed at military bases. Notably, all 15 missiles were both intercepted and reportedly destroyed in the air by the S-400 'Sudharshan' air defense system, which was provided to India by Russia.
Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had reached a 'full and immediate' ceasefire after a 'long night' of talks mediated by Washington, he has reiterated his statement approximately 40 times that he 'helped settle' the tensions between India and Pakistan and he told both nuclear-armed South Asian nations that America would do a 'lot of trade' with them if they stopped their conflict.
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