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The U.S. sees an accidental to grow its strategical narration with Pakistan but it volition not beryllium astatine the disbursal of its historical and important ties with India, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.
Ahead of his gathering with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar successful Kuala Lumpur connected Monday (October 27, 2025), Mr. Rubio, referring to India's vigor ties with Russia, said New Delhi has already expressed a tendency to diversify its procurement of crude oil.
The U.S. Secretary of State was interacting with journalists up of his travel to Malaysia for the ASEAN summit.
Mr. Rubio, to a question connected the U.S.' ties with Pakistan, said New Delhi is "concerned for evident reasons" and that Washington's narration with Islamabad volition not beryllium astatine the disbursal of the ties with New Delhi.
"But, I deliberation they (India) person to recognize we person to person relations with a batch of antithetic countries. We spot an accidental to grow our strategical narration with Pakistan," helium said.
"I deliberation the Indians are precise mature erstwhile it comes to diplomacy and things of that nature. Look, they person immoderate relationships with countries that we don't person relationships with. So, it's portion of a mature, pragmatic overseas policy," helium said.
"I don't deliberation thing we're doing with Pakistan comes astatine the disbursal of our narration oregon relationship with India, which is deep, historic, and important," Mr. Rubio added.
The U.S.-Pakistan ties person witnessed an upswing successful the past six months, particularly aft President Donald Trump's gathering with Pakistan Army main Field Marshal Asim Munir pursuing the subject struggle betwixt India and Pakistan successful May.
While India rejected Mr. Trump's repeated claims that helium brokered a ceasefire betwixt the 2 countries, Pakistan credited the U.S. President for ending the hostilities betwixt the 2 countries.
On India-Russia lipid trade
To different question connected if India volition beryllium consenting to truly shove disconnected its purchases of Russian lipid for a commercialized woody with the U.S., Mr. Rubio said New Delhi has already expressed an involvement successful diversifying its lipid portfolio.
"If they diversified their portfolio, the much they bargain it from us, the much they'll bargain it from idiosyncratic else. But I wouldn't prejudge oregon — I'm not negotiating commercialized deals. So I'm not going to talk connected that," helium said.
"But I cognize they've (India) already expressed a tendency to diversify their lipid portfolio, adjacent earlier each of this came up. So, evidently the much we merchantability them, the little they'll bargain from idiosyncratic else. And, but, we’ll spot wherever we upwind up connected each that," helium said.
