‘I Will Not Continue…’: US Spokesperson Snubs Pak Journalist For Question Over Pahalgam Attack
At least 26 people were killed in a terror attack in J&K's Pahalgam this week, raising tensions between India and Pakistan.
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Friday snubbed a Pakistani journalist over his question on the rising tensions on the India-Pakistan border as a result of the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
“I am not going to be remarking on it. I appreciate this, and perhaps, we will come back to you with another subject. I will say nothing more on that situation. The President and the Secretary have said things, as have the deputy secretary; they have made their positions clear. I will not continue with something of that manner," Bruce told the Pakistani reporter during a press briefing.
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She underlined that President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it abundantly clear that the US stands with India.
The spokesperson further said that the US calls for those involved in the terror attack to be brought to justice.
“As President Trump and Secretary Rubio have made clear, the United States stands with India, strongly condemns all acts of terrorism. We pray for the lives of those lost and pray for the recovery of the injured and call for the perpetrators of this heinous act to be brought to justice," she said.
Trump had dialled PM Modi to offer condolences on the terror attack. Vice President JD Vance had also spoken to PM Modi over the attack and expressed the US’ support to India.
In his first public remarks on Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Modi on Thursday vowed to “identify, track and punish" every terrorist and their backers and also pursue the killers of the Pahalgam attack to the “ends of the earth".
On April 22, the terrorists killed 26 unarmed people at a tourist spot in Pahalgam. Retaliating against the attack, New Delhi put the Indus Waters Treaty on abeyance, besides other strong diplomatic steps against Islamabad.
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