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The Trump administration would also like the focus to remain on trade and commerce and the competition with China and any conflict detracts India, a partner in this endeavour, away from these efforts,
she said
We now have a president in the White House who says he doesn’t want to be the policeman of the world,
said Willasey-Wilsey, a former British diplomat
There’s no question that there’s been a sea change in the US’s position in recent years,
Milan Vaishnav, director of the South Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told CNN’s Becky Anderson on WednesdayOne of the motivating factors for Pakistan to de-escalate this situation is in order to have a better relationship with the United States,
Curtis said
I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over into a nuclear conflagration,
Pompeo wrote in his memoirThere are other countries that are worried and may be in touch with their Indian and Pakistani counterparts, but when it comes down to it, it is the role and responsibility of the United States to help the countries find a face-saving way out of the crisis,
said Curtis, now a senior fellow at the Center for a New American SecurityIf the United States government were to be seen as either unsupportive of India or interfering in any way in Kashmir, it would be a serious setback to the US-India partnership. But the risk of escalation between two nuclear-armed neighbors is also real,
she wrote in an essayThe Trump administration has several global crises to deal with currently and would like to avoid another one right now,
said Aparna Pande, a research fellow at the Hudson InstituteThere was never an expectation that America would 100% support India’s position and directly condemn Pakistan. India’s diplomatic efforts were geared towards getting America to understand our position. America needs to publicly toe the diplomatic line of needing to see proof that Pakistan is linked to these terror attacks. India understands that,
said Prerna Bountra, deputy director at the Ananta Aspen Centre, a New Delhi-based think tank
The larger Indian outreach to the Trump administration remains intact. Now, if you go back to the Modi-Trump joint statement in February, there was no mention of Pakistan. In a sense, India has also downplayed Pakistan as a factor in its outreach to America and America has also looked at India through a different lens. So I don’t think this particular episode reflects in any way on the India-US partnership,
said Harsh Pant, Vice President, Studies at the Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tankI think I would certainly welcome the president getting involved, and really it’s in Pakistan's interests to ensure these kind of attacks don’t occur in the future,
Fallon said on Fox News's America Reports
I know both very well, and I want to see them work it out,
the president said
Good relationships with both and I want to see it stop. And If I can do anything to help, I will be there,
Trump said in response to a question on the “war” between India and Pakistan
No, I just hope it ends very quickly.”
When asked if he has any message for the countries, he said
Oh, it's so terrible. My position is, I get along with both,
Trump told reporters Wednesday
I am very close to India and I'm very close to Pakistan, and they've had that fight for a thousand years in Kashmir,
he told reporters aboard Air Force One this weekend
The NSA briefed his counterparts on actions taken and the method of execution, which were measured, non-escalatory and restrained. He emphasised India had no intent to escalate but is well prepared to retaliate resolutely should Pakistan decide to escalate,
a person said
Good to speak to PM & FM @MBA_AlThani_ of Qatar. Discussed India's targeted and measured response to deter cross-border terrorism.”
Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar wroteIndia ready to retaliate resolutely if Pakistan…
NSA Ajit Doval's message after Operation SindoorContact was also established with Russian NSA Sergei Shoigu, Member of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC Wang Yi and Diplomatic Adviser to French President Emmanuel Bonne,
the official said