The US advises India and Pakistan to prevent escalation

Instead of responding to statements made by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India would not think twice to murder terrorists in their homes, the US has urged Pakistan and India to prevent tensions from becoming worse and to resolve their differences amicably.

“As I have said before, the US is not going to get into the middle of this,” US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said when asked at a press conference whether the Biden administration was worried by such assertions. However, we do urge Pakistan and India to prevent escalation and instead use communication to reach a settlement.

On April 11, Prime Minister Modi said that “terrorists are being killed in their own homes” when the BJP was in power.

Miller also declined to comment on whether or not foreign nationals implicated in assassination attempts on US territory would face sanctions from the US. Miller said, “We don’t talk about sanctions openly, but I am never going to preview any sanction actions, which is not to say that there are coming.” The purpose of the query was to get an answer about the recent admission by the Indian government that the failed effort to assassinate Khalistani insurgent Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was the work of a rogue RAW member who has since left the agency. Nikhil Gupta, an Indian citizen, has been accused with killing Pannun for pay after disclosing information to a US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) undercover agent. He is now being held.