Jaishankar's "silence" on Rubio's remarks on "mediation, neutral site" for India-Pakistan talks is very deafening: Jairam Ramesh

New Delhi [India] May 13 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday took a dig at External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, saying that he had been "silent" on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks about "US mediation" and "neutral site" for India-Pakistan talks.
"The Indian who has spent the maximum time with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is our dapper External Affairs Minister. Much was made in the media over the fact that he was the very first to meet Mr. Rubio on Jan 21, 2025 - just a day after President Trump's inauguration. The normally unquiet Minister's silence on what Mr. Rubio has said on US mediation and on a "neutral site" for India-Pakistan talks is very deafening," Jaishankar said in a post on X.
Rubio had made the claim in a post on X on May 10.
"Over the past 48 hours, @VPVance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Asim Malik. I am pleased to announce the Governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site. We commend Prime Ministers Modi and Sharif on their wisdom, prudence, and statesmanship in choosing the path of peace," he posted on X.
India conducted Operation Sindoor and carried out precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The government had said that the perpetrators will face severe punishment and over 100 terrorists were killed in Operation Sindoor.
Indian Armed Forces effectively repelled Pakistan's subsequent military aggression and pounded several airbases in Pakistan.
The two countries have now reached an understanding to stop firing and military action after Pakistan DGMO reached out to his Indian counterpart.
India on Monday firmly reiterated that all matters relating to Jammu and Kashmir must be addressed bilaterally with Pakistan and noted that the outstanding issue is the vacation of Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India's policy that issues pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed bilaterally with Pakistan has not changed.
"We have a long-standing national position that any issues pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally. That stated policy has not changed. The outstanding matter is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan," Jaiswal said. (ANI)