Marco Rubio urges de-escalation amid rising India-Pakistan tensions

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasised the importance of de-escalation and direct communication between India and Pakistan during a conversation with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Secretary Rubio offered US support in facilitating productive dialogue to avert future disputes

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00:00Big news coming in. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with India's External Affairs Minister

00:04S.J. Shankar and Secretary Rubio emphasizing both sides need to identify methods to de-escalate,

00:12re-establish direct communication, avoid miscalculation. Our Foreign Affairs Editor

00:16Geeta Mohan joining me on that. Geeta, how do you see the response coming in from United States of

00:22America? I believe there was a conversation with Rubio a few days ago as well with the

00:26External Affairs Minister. Then comes this. Tell us more. Well, conversations between India and the

00:34United States of America and Pakistan and the United States of America is a continued process when it

00:41comes to the tensions between India and Pakistan. But what is most important right now is not Marco

00:48Rubio, the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Puja speaking with External Affairs Minister

00:54Dr. Jai Shankar and the Pakistani Premier Shahbaz Sharif. The biggest news right now is Marco Rubio

01:00speaking with the Pakistani Army Chief. The conversation between Marco Rubio and Asi Munir took place and

01:07Marco Rubio insisted that there has to be de-escalation. But not just that, offered America's good

01:14officers to be used for mediation. Before this, we've had them talk about de-escalation and said

01:22that, you know, they need to do it. They need to de-escalate. It's time. President Trump coming

01:26out and saying, you know, you've done your tit for tat. It's now time for the two of you to sit

01:31across the table and talk. But Marco Rubio speaking with Asi Munir and saying that it's not just time

01:38to de-escalate. If need be, we are here to help the two of you come to an arrangement and an

01:44understanding. That's massive. After Iran, the Chinese have also come out and offered mediation.

01:52So countries in this scenario, what we are looking at right now is not how rattled Pakistan is or how

01:59the tensions are mounting and rising in between India and Pakistan and which could impact the region.

02:04It's how rattled the world is right now. Tensions and a rise in tensions between India and Pakistan

02:12should worry the world, should worry how the countries look at this entire scenario. I keep

02:18saying this. India's position has been very clear that the ball indeed is in Pakistan's court. India was

02:25retaliating or responding to the Pahalgam terror attack, which was a game changer. It was a turning

02:30point, a playbook change, so to say, in how Pakistan and terrorism or terrorists from Pakistan

02:37looked at Kashmir and targeted a certain community in Pahalgam, sending a very strong message across

02:46to India. So the playbook, change of the playbook made India retaliate and respond. Now, the entire

02:53focus should be on ensuring that Pakistan stops. So the world is rattled. They are concerned. This is

03:00blowing up. These are two nuclear countries. And now Pakistani premier is overlooking his nuclear arsenal.

03:09So it is a it is a worrying point when it comes to India. It may look like a threat, but knowing how

03:15unstable, unpredictable Pakistan is and the kind of steps they could.

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