Clearly terrorist attack, says Secretary of State Marco Rubio; praises India’s professionalism in handling investigation

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) (local time) called the blast which took spot successful Delhi connected Monday (November 10, 2025) evening to 'clearly' beryllium a 'terrorist attack'. He praised the country's professionalism successful handling the investigation.

Mr. Rubio made the remarks portion responding to a media query connected India declaring the blast successful Delhi connected Monday arsenic a "terror incident".

"The Indians request to beryllium commended. They've been precise measured, cautious and precise nonrecreational connected however they're carrying retired this investigation. That probe continues. It intelligibly was a violent attack. It was a car loaded with highly explosive materials that detonated and killed a batch of people."

He added, "I deliberation they are doing a precise bully occupation of carrying retired an probe and I deliberation erstwhile they'll person facts, they'll merchandise those facts."

The U.S. Secretary of State shared that helium spoke with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar astir the blast. Mr. Rubio stated that portion the U.S. offered to help, India is "very capable" of handling the probe and doesn't request help.

"We are alert of the imaginable it has and we spoke a small astir it contiguous — the imaginable it has to go thing broader. We are going to await to spot what the probe reveals. We person offered to assistance but I deliberation they are precise susceptible connected these investigations. They don't request our assistance and they are doing a bully job", helium said.

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar and Secretary Rubio met connected the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meet successful Niagara, Canada. During their discussion, Rubio expressed condolences for the lives mislaid successful the caller Delhi blast. The gathering besides covered bilateral ties on with planetary developments.

Following the blast adjacent the iconic Red Fort, a nexus to a "white-collar panic network" has surfaced successful the preliminary investigation, with the probe agencies uncovering links of the panic incidental with Pakistan-based outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH).The network, which allegedly progressive doctors and clerics, was dismantled pursuing a bid of coordinated operations betwixt October 19 and November 10, 2025, resulting successful the betterment of 2,921 kilograms of explosives and galore arrests.\