‘None of our business, not getting involved’: US on India-Pakistan tensions
Amid heightening tensions between India and Pakistan following cross-border strikes, United States Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said that Washington is not going to get involved in a conflict that is “fundamentally none of our business”.
In an interview to Fox News, Vance said that the US is concerned anytime nuclear powers collide and have a major conflict.
“We cannot control these countries though,” he said. “Fundamentally, 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.”
The US vice president added: “But we are 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.”
Vance said that the US cannot tell either India or Pakistan to lay down their weapons, adding that Washington was going to continue to pursue the matter through diplomatic channels.
The Republican leader also reiterated that Washington hoped the tension between the two countries would not “spiral into a broader regional war or, god forbid, a nuclear conflict”.
He added: “I think the job of diplomacy, but also the job of cooler heads in India and Pakistan is to make sure this doesn’t become a nuclear...
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