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JD Vance says India-Pakistan conflict 'fundamentally none of our business'
Our hope and our expectation is that this is not going to spiral into a broader regional war or, God forbid, a nuclear conflict, Vance said in an interview.
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AFP - Thu, 08, May 2025
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Vice President JD Vance. / Facebook/Vice President JD Vance
US Vice President JD Vance on May 8 said Washington wanted to see a "de-escalation" in a worsening conflict between India and Pakistan, but that it was "fundamentally none of our business."
"What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit, but we're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America's ability to control it," said Vance, who has been a proponent of US disengagement from international conflicts, in an interview with Fox News.
"You know, America can’t tell the Indians to lay down their arms. We can’t tell the Pakistanis to lay down their arms. And so, we’re going to continue to pursue this thing through diplomatic channels," Vance added.
"Our hope and our expectation is that this is not going to spiral into a broader regional war or, God forbid, a nuclear conflict. Right now, we don’t think that’s going to happen," he continued.
India says at least 13 of its civilians have been killed and 59 wounded from cross-border gunfire and shelling while Pakistan says at least 31 of its civilians have died and about 50 have been wounded by Indian airstrikes and artillery.
The latest escalation in the decades-old India-Pakistan rivalry began on Apr.22 when Pakistan terrorists killed 26 people in Kashmir in an attack that New Delhi blamed on Islamabad, which denied the accusations and called for a neutral probe.
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