Global leaders have repeatedly called for India and Pakistan to exercise restraint amid the ongoing escalating military tensions between the neighbouring nuclear powers. When asked about how the United States hopes to mediate in the mounting in the tensions, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt looked referred to President Donald Trump’s relations with both countries. During a press conference this week, she also highlighted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has maintained constant communication with India and Pakistan.

White House responds to US efforts to mediate in the India-Pak conflict

“This is something that the Secretary of State and now our NSA as well, Marco Rubio, has been involved in,” Leavitt told reporters during a White House briefing. “The President has expressed that he wants this to de-escalate as quickly as possible. He understands these two countries have been at odds with one another for decades, long before President Trump was here at the Oval Office.”

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The White House press secretary then underlined that Trump has “good relations with the leaders of both countries.” Meanwhile, Marco Rubio is trying his all behind-the-scenes to bring this conflict to an end.

US vice president previously said India-Pakistan conflict ‘none of our business’

These recent remarks come shortly after American Vice President JD Vance said that the US was not going to get involved in war that’s “fundamentally none of our business.” In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, he asserted that even though the United States may continue to urge both neighbours to de-escalate, they “can’t control these countries.”

“India has its gripes with Pakistan. Pakistan has responded to India. What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit. But we’re not going to get involved in the middle of war, that’s fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it,” he said earlier this week. By staying out of the picture, America, indirectly, cut off Pakistan’s lifeline, leaving it with limited support from a few countries like Turkey in the aftermath of India’s Operation Sindoor.

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