US keeps an eye on India-Pakistan situation every single day: Rubio

The US keeps “an eye” on what’s happening between India and Pakistan “every single day” as ceasefires can fall apart very quickly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. “…the only way to have a ceasefire is for both sides to agree to stop firing at one another. And the Russians just haven't agreed to that. Beyond that, I would say that one of the complications about ceasefires is they have to be maintained, which is very difficult. I mean, every single day we keep an eye on what's happening between Pakistan and India, what's happening between Cambodia and Thailand,” Rubio said.

“Ceasefires can fall apart very quickly, especially after a three-and-a-half-year war (in Ukraine) like what we're facing now, but I don't think anyone disagrees that the ideal here, what we're aiming for is not some permanent ceasefire. What we're aiming for here is a peace deal so there's not a war now and there's not a war in the future,” Rubio said in an interview to NBC News Meet The Press.

It may be noted that Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for helping to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan, particularly after Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terror attack. He has said on several occasions that his intervention led to a ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. India, however, has firmly rejected these assertions. New Delhi has maintained that all issues with Pakistan are managed bilaterally, with no role for third-party mediation. The Indian government has consistently denied that any foreign leader influenced its military decisions or ceasefire actions.