India's foreign minister said he has told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that perpetrators of the deadly attack in Kashmir last week should be brought to justice, as the U.S. sought to calm tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, APA reports citing Reuters.
The U.S. said Rubio discussed the strained ties between the two neighbours in separate telephone calls on Wednesday, urging them to work with each other to "de-escalate tensions."
He expressed support to India in combating extremism and urged Pakistan to cooperate in probing the attack that killed 26 people, the State Department said.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said in a post on X that he told Rubio "perpetrators, backers and planners" of the April 22 attack "must be brought to justice".
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the U.S. to press India to "dial down the rhetoric and act responsibly," according to a statement from his office.
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