Washington/New Delhi, May 9 -- America has been speaking with a variety of leaders of both India and Pakistan over the last two days in an effort to de-escalate tension, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said, but declined to provide details.
As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to both External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urging both sides to de-escalate and hold dialogue, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that Marco Rubio has been the "center point leading these conversations and this outreach".
"And he's made very clear focusing on two things: that this should not escalate. This has been a key framework. Clearly this has been an issue for decades and it's - ...