United States Vice President JD Vance said in an interview Thursday that the conflict between India and Pakistan is “fundamentally none of our business,” though he and President Donald Trump are encouraging the countries to deescalate.
“What we can do is try to encourage these folks to deescalate a little bit, but we’re not going to get involved in the middle of war that’s fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it. 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 told Fox News.
“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 continued. “Right now, we don’t think that’s going to happen.”
Tensions continue to flare between India and Pakistan, as CNN reports, with Indian officials saying Pakistan fired missiles and drones at military sites in India and Indian-administered Kashmir.
Islamabad has denied that claim, but earlier said it killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers along the de facto border in Kashmir and downed over two dozen Indian drones. Meanwhile, India confirmed it has targeted air defence systems in Pakistan.