A spokesperson for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, stated on Tuesday that the US has urged Pakistan and India to prevent escalation and resolve their differences through communication.
Miller responded, “As I have said before, the United States is not going to get into the middle of this,” when asked if the statements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh that India will not think twice to kill terrorists in their homes, worried the Biden administration. However, we do urge Pakistan and India to refrain from escalation and instead seek a diplomatic solution.”

Miller, in a press conference, said that he will never preview any sanction actions and that the “US does not discuss sanctions openly.”

Miller responded to a question about why the US had not imposed any sanctions on India regarding the alleged plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun by saying, “I am never going to preview any sanction actions, which is not to say that there are any coming, but when you ask me to talk about sanctions, it’s something that we don’t discuss openly.”

India has designated Gurpatwant Singh Pannun as a terrorist, and he has threatened India on numerous occasions. According to the indictment filed by the US Justice Department, Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national who is presently detained, is accused of killing Pannun for hire.

Eversince PM Narendra Modi came to power, India has on a number of occasions killed terrorists by targeting them in their home lands like after the Uri attacks in Kashmir and subsequently the Balakot strikes. In an interview Rajnath Singh has clearly enunciated that if Pakistan’s intentions are clear, it should take action against terrorists in its homeland.