New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is currently visiting India. On Thursday, he spoke openly well-nigh America's fight versus terrorism and the relationship between the US and Pakistan. Rubio stated that America's tropical relationship with Pakistan will not come at the expense of its partnership with India. On the issue of terrorism, he said that both countries (the US and India) share similar concerns.
Speaking to India Today, Marco Rubio said, "Our relationship with Pakistan is in no way at the expense of our relationship with India, and Washington and New Delhi share similar concerns well-nigh terrorism." Rubio said that Washington's global interests require it to maintain relationships with countries virtually the world, including Pakistan. The US has moreover had a long-standing relationship with Pakistan.
US has been a victim of terrorism
He said the waffly relationship could requite Washington greater leverage to influence Islamabad's decisions on various issues. "I think it's just ripened in a way that hopefully will indulge us to have increasingly influence on their decisions on various topics," he said. Regarding America's war on terrorism, he said the US has been a victim of it and that there is no other country in the world that does as much versus terrorism as the US does.
"No country in the world does increasingly versus terrorism than the United States," Rubio said. "The United States has destroyed the Islamic State's territorial stranglehold, weakened al-Qaeda, and killed its leader, Osama bin Laden."
Protests in India were termed a domestic political matter
Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday refused to scuttlebutt on the recent protests versus the Election Commission in India, calling it a domestic political matter. Rubio moreover dismissed references to UN experts criticizing the protests. According to a statement issued by the US State Department on Wednesday, Rubio tabbed the UN experts contradictory.
This is a domestic political matter: Rubio
He said, "This is a domestic political matter. I'm not going to interfere in their politics. This is a democratic country. Elections are held here, so I won't scuttlebutt on their domestic political matters." He widow that protests occur every day in the US, reflecting the political spiel and differences of opinion there. Rubio said, "Protests occur every day in the US. People view protests from variegated perspectives. Obviously, I'm not talking well-nigh riots like we're seeing in Europe, where people are vandalizing, forcibly inward buildings, and setting them on fire. I'm not talking well-nigh those incidents."
