The US State Department mentioned that Rubio urged Pakistan to cooperate in investigating the Pahalgam attack and encouraged India to work with Pakistan to de-escalate tensions and maintain peace in South Asia.

Following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, tensions between India and Pakistan have sharply escalated. In a high-level security meeting held with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, the Chief of Defence Staff,

There was no Union Cabinet meeting last week, with only the CCS meeting convened on April 23, where the government strongly condemned the targeted killing of civilians in the Baisaran valley.