American vice president JD Vance on Thursday (May 8) said Washington carefully monitors the growing tension between India and Pakistan, but explained that the conflict was not an American struggle for connection. Vance spoke to Fox News and stressed that while the US encouraged peace, it would not intervene directly.
“What we can do is try to encourage these people to get a little de-eskal,” Vance said. “But we will not engage in the center of the war, which is basically none of our business and has nothing to do with the ability to control it.”
Vance, a strong advocate for disconnecting international conflicts, repeated that India and Pakistan need to handle the situation separately.
Trump: “We knew something would happen”
After Indian exact strikes about terrorist camps across the border, US President Donald Trump confirmed that Washington had previous hints of the planned action.
“We have just heard about it when we went in the oval door,” Trump said at a press conference. “I think we knew that something would happen on the basis of a little past.”
Trump added that he hoped the situation would no longer be a spiral. “They have fought for many decades and centuries when you think about it. No, I just hope it will end very fast,” he said.
Indian Sindoor Operation
The Indian government confirmed early on Wednesday (May 7) that its armed forces had precise strikes on the terrorist foundations in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied by Jammu and Kashmir. Nine places called “Sindoor Operation” were hit in the operation.
The Ministry of Defense described the strikes as a “accurate and limited response” to the terrorist attack Pahalgam, which killed 26 people, mostly civilians. The ministry stressed that no Pakistani military facilities were focused, which was emphasized by the Indian “calibrated and non -warming approach”.
After the attack of the hillgam escalates the tension
The strokes followed the days of elevated tension after the attack of the hillgam. In response, India announced a number of repressive steps, including the suspension of the Indus Waters contract, the closure of the Attari Land boundary, and reducing diplomatic links with Islamabad.
Trump’s offer to mediate
On May 8, in the middle of the growing tension, Trump offered to convey between India and Pakistan and expressed concerns about the growing conflict.
“Oh, it’s so terrible!”
Trump added, “And if I can do something for help I will be there.”
(Tagstotranslate) JD Vance
