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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States monitors the India-Pakistan situation daily and stressed that maintaining a ceasefire is often challenging, especially after long conflicts.
Marco Rubio said the United States has been calling for a ceasefire in ongoing conflicts but added that it is difficult to negotiate while hostilities are ongoing. (Image source: Reuters)
New Delhi,UPDATED: Aug 17, 2025 22:51 IST
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States monitors the situation between India and Pakistan every day, along with other global regions where tensions remain high.
“Every single day we keep an eye on what’s happening between Pakistan and India, what’s happening between Cambodia and Thailand,” Rubio said during NBC News’s Meet the Press show.
Rubio said the United States has been calling for a ceasefire in ongoing conflicts but added that it is difficult to negotiate while hostilities are ongoing. “The only way to have a ceasefire is for both sides to agree to stop firing at one another. The Russians have not agreed to that,” he said, referring to the war in Ukraine.
He added that maintaining a ceasefire is often challenging, especially after long conflicts. “Ceasefires can fall apart very quickly, especially after a three-and-a-half-year war like what we’re facing now,” he said. Rubio also said the aim should be a peace deal that prevents both current and future conflict, not just a temporary halt in fighting.
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Published By:
Shipra Parashar
Published On:
Aug 17, 2025
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