US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges ‘immediate de-escalation’, says State Dept spokesperson
US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Thursday said Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for restraint amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. During a press briefing, Bruce said that Rubio spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging immediate de-escalation. “This morning Secretary Marco Rubio…