J D Vance Says India-Pakistan Conflict ‘None Of America’s Business’ Even As US State Department Pursues Diplomatic Outreach

In the wake of rising tensions between India and Pakistan after India launching anti-terror 'Operation Sindoor' in response to Pahalgam terror atatck, US Vice President JD Vance stated that the India-Pakistan conflict is "fundamentally none of America's business and has nothing to do with America's ability to control it", ANI reported.

He acknowledged the dangers of nuclear escalation but emphasised that the US cannot intervene directly.

"America can't tell the Indians to lay down their arms or tell the Pakistanis to lay down their arms. And so we will continue to pursue this thing through diplomatic channels, our hope and our expectation is that this is not going to spiral into a broader regional war or God forbid, a nuclear conflict,",” he said in an interview with Fox News.

"But sure, we are worried about these things, but 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 war. If it happened, it would be disastrous for right now, we don't think that will happen," he said.

"What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit. But we are not going to get involved in the middle they were fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America's ability to control it," he said.

However, US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce sought to present a more engaged American approach.

She said Secretary of State Marco Rubio's primary focus is to ensure the situation does not escalate and confirmed continued communication with both India and Pakistan.

“It should not escalate and communication was fundamentally key,” Bruce said during a press briefing, confirming that Rubio had spoken with both Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian EAM Dr S Jaishankar.

“The real focus of the Secretary of State is that this should not escalate... and that America was at the center of this in speaking with a variety of leaders of both countries over the last two days,” she added.

"We also want to say that what matters in this particular instance right now is that the phone calls happened and we are remaining engaged with both governments at multiple levels. We will not engage in the nature of discussing what the conversations have been or what we've conveyed," Bruce added.

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