New Delhi, May 9 -- US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday (May 8) said Washington was closely monitoring the rising tensions between India and Pakistan but made clear that the conflict was not America's fight to join. Speaking to Fox News, Vance stressed that while the US encouraged peace, it would not intervene directly.

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

Vance, a strong advocate for US disengagement from international conflicts, reiterated that India and Pakistan needed to handle the situation independently.

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