U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir and urged both Pakistan and India to find ways to de-escalate, a U.S. Department Of State spokesperson said.
Rubio also offered U.S. assistance in starting constructive talks in order to avoid future conflicts, the spokesperson said.
Pakistan said it launched a military operation against India early on Saturday, targeting multiple bases including a missile storage site in northern India as the neighbours extended their worst fighting in nearly three decades.
On the other hand, the White House official stated that the United States is in “constant communication” with the leaders of the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours as President Donald Trump seeks a rapid de-escalation.
“This is something that the secretary of state and, of course, now our national security adviser as well, Marco Rubio, has been very much involved in. The President has expressed he wants to see this de-escalate as quickly as possible,” spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters at her news briefing.
