Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, May 8, on May 8 urged India and Pakistan to take immediate measures to defuse and engage in dialogue, while he pressed Islamabad to end any support for “terrorist groups”.
The two nuclear weapons neighbors have committed fatal confrontations In recent days, after New Delhi blamed Islamabad to have supported an attack on the Indian side of the disputed cashmere. Pakistan denied the accusation.
Rubio, during the calls with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, underlined the need for immediate de -escalation, “a statement from the State Department said.
“He expressed American support for direct dialogue between India and Pakistan and encouraged continuous efforts to improve communications,” said spokeswoman Tammy Bruce.
In his call with Sharif, Rubio “reiterated his calls to Pakistan to take concrete measures to put an end to any support for terrorist groups”.
He “also” expressed his pain in the reported loss of civil life in the current conflict “.
