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Vance and Rubio played key roles in India-Pakistan de-escalation: Trump’s South Asia nominee
Paul Kapur, currently a professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, was responding to questions about rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam
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Lalit K Jha - Tue, 10, Jun 2025
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Dr. Paul Kapur. / Courtesy of Lalit K Jha
Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio played a critical role in urging restraint during the recent India-Pakistan crisis, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Dr. Paul Kapur, told lawmakers during his Senate confirmation hearing on June 10.
“As somebody from the outside looking in, it appeared to me that the Secretary [of State] and the Vice President were actively engaged in using their good offices to encourage de-escalation,” Kapur told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “I think that probably had a salutary effect. Ultimately, India and Pakistan made their own decisions to step back.”
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