State Secretary, United States Secretary, State Secretary Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the US keeps an eye on what is happening between Pakistan and India.
Rubio, who was talking about the challenges of a ceasefire in relation to the war in Ukraine, said, “… the only way of a ceasefire is to agree to firing on each other for the two sides. And the Russians have not yet agreed.”
The secretary of the US state said that beyond this, one of the complications of a ceasefire is maintaining it, saying that it was very difficult, PTI said. “I mean, every day we keep an eye on what is happening between Pakistan and India, what is happening between Cambodia and Thailand,” Rubio said.
In an interview from NBC News, Rubio said that the ceasefire can “fall too quickly”, saying that it is particularly relevant when it comes to a three and a half year war (in Ukraine). Rubio said that the US was not aiming for a permanent ceasefire, but was looking for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
“… I don’t think anyone disagrees that it is ideal here, what we are targeting is not a permanent ceasefire. The goal we are here is a peace deal, so no longer war and there is no war in the future,” Rubio said.
Rubio also mentioned the conflict between India and Pakistan in an interview with Fox Business. “And I think we are very lucky and blessed and grateful to a President who has given priority of peace and peace to its administration. We have seen it in Cambodia and Thailand. We have seen it in India-Pakistan,” Rubio said, said, reiterating the claim made by US President Donald Trump in the past.
However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a discussion on Operation Sindoor in Parliament that no leader of any country had asked India to stop Operation Sindoor. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has also said that there was no third-party intervention in reaching a ceasefire with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
