US Vice President JD Vance said that Washington hopes that India will respond carefully to avoid broader regional conflict following last week’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. He also said that the US hoped Pakistan would cooperate with India to hunt down Pakistan-based terrorists.
Vance made his public remark on the attack, which left 26 people dead. Notably, Vance and his family was in India on a four-day visit when the carnage – the worst since the Pulwama attack on CRPF personnel in 2019 – took place.
“Our hope here is that India responds to this terrorist attack in a way that doesn’t lead to a broader regional conflict,” Vance said in an interview.
“And we hope, frankly, that Pakistan, to the extent that they’re responsible, cooperates with India to make sure that the terrorists sometimes operating in their territory are hunted down and dealt with,” he added.
The Vice President’s remarks assume significance amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.
