US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with his counterparts from India and Pakistan, encouraging both sides to engage in discussions to settle an escalating military confrontation, the White House said Tuesday, AFP and Yahoo News reported.
"He is encouraging India and Pakistan to re-open a channel between their leadership to defuse the situation and prevent further escalation," said US National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes in a statement, after India carried out air strikes on Pakistani.
Earlier on Sunday Washington said it was in touch with the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors at multiple levels while urging them to work towards what it called a "responsible solution."
"We are reaching out to both parties, and telling, of course, them to not escalate the situation," a State Department spokesperson told reporters, quoting a statement by Rubio.
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