Trump asks India, Pakistan to stop now as ‘tit-for-tat’ is carried out, says he’s ready to help

Donald Trump says India and Pakistan ought to stop now.

US President Donald TrumpWednesday mentioned he desires to see India and Pakistan stop the continuing rigidity. “It’s so terrible. My position is that I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work it out.I want to see them stop. Hopefully, they can stop now as they have gone tit-for-tat. So hopefully they can stop now.”“If I can do anything to help, I will be there,” Trump mentioned.Donald Trump’s recent response got here a day after India launched Operation Sindoor focusing on 9 terrorist bases inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in a tri-service operation. Donald Trump was one of many first world leaders to react to the operation. “We simply heard about it as we have been strolling by means of the doorways of the Oval … They’ve been combating for a very long time. … I simply hope it ends in a short time,” Trump said earlier.“I assume folks knew one thing was going to occur based mostly on a little bit little bit of the previous,” Trump said.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement saying that the US was monitoring the situation. Rubio was briefed by Indian NSA Ajit Doval soon after the operation was launched. The White House later said Rubio spoke with his counterparts from India and Pakistan, encouraging both sides to engage in discussions to settle an escalating military confrontation. “He is encouraging India and Pakistan to re-open a channel between their management to defuse the state of affairs and forestall additional escalation,” said US National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes in a statement.The US Mission Wednesday issued a travel advisory for Pakistan advising the US citizens to not travel to Pakistan “We are conscious of stories of navy strikes by India into Pakistan. This stays an evolving state of affairs, and we’re carefully monitoring developments. US residents are reminded of the “Do Not Travel” advisory for areas within the neighborhood of the India-Pakistan border and the Line of Control due to terrorism and the potential for armed battle, and the US Department of State’s “Reconsider Travel” advisory for Pakistan typically,” it mentioned.