‘That is none of our business’: JD Vance says US will not get involved in India-Pakistan 'war'

US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday emphasised that Washington wants tensions between India and Pakistan to ease, but said it is “fundamentally none of our business.”

He also said that the US will not get involved in the conflict, after tensions escalated between the two nuclear-armed nations following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack and India’s retaliation through Operation Sindoor, which killed more than 100 terrorists on Pakistani soil.

“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 beyond America’s ability to control,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News, when asked about the ongoing situation.

“We can’t control these countries. Fundamentally, India has its issues with Pakistan, and Pakistan has responded to India. What we can do is urge both sides to de-escalate a little,” he added.

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The statement came a day after President Donald Trump described the escalating tensions between the two countries as “terrible.” When asked about his stance, the US President said he “gets along with both.”

“I know both very well, and I want to see them work it out. I want to see them stop. And hopefully, they can stop now—they’ve gone tit-for-tat, so hopefully they can stop now,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

India launched Operation Sindoor overnight on Tuesday, targeting nine terror sites in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people.

Thus, afterwards, on Thursday night, India also foiled Pakistan’s attempt to target military stations in Jammu, Pathankot, Udhampur, and other areas using missiles and drones.