Secretary of State at the U.S., Marco Rubio, in a recent announcement that got global attention, said that former president Donald Trump had averted and stopped a likely war between India and Pakistan during his rule. According to Rubio, in addressing a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, he lauded Trump on his foreign policy successes and said American diplomacy under the Trump administration prevented what would have resulted in a nuclear war between the two neighbours in South Asia.
“Just scroll through a list here, Mr. President… and all these accomplishments which have occurred at home and abroad. As you are leading, we have stopped and terminated a war between India and Pakistan,” Rubio said to Trump as the two men sat together on the televised meeting.
The same was repeated by Rubio a day after Trump had previously noted on a press encounter with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump described the involvement of the U.S. in creating pressure through trade as a diplomatic channel to calm escalating tensions between Pakistan and India. Trump recalled saying, “We are not going to be dealing with you at all if you are going to put up a fight. They could have been on a nuclear level; they are both nuclear powers. And I believe that to curb that was a critical thing.”
Besides the case involving India and Pakistan, Rubio also cited the peace initiatives that Trump brokered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda and recurring diplomatic initiatives between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He mentioned that the only country that could follow such risky international activities was the U.S with Trump as a leader.
Rubio also said that the policies of the President could transform the entire geopolitical Middle East, making Syria and Lebanese developments strategic transformations in the process.
These statements highlight the response nature of the Trump administration regarding tough diplomacy, complete with the utilisation of financial power to settle global conflicts.
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