WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – After Secretary of State Marco Rubio reasserted President Donald Trump’s claim that he brokered an end to the conflict between India and Pakistan, State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that denying that is just “an opinion.”

Rubio hailed Trump’s foreign policy record, stating, “Under your leadership, we've prevented and ended a war between India and Pakistan.”

US secretary of state Marco Rubio is set to meet Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in Malaysia, on the sidelines of the Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting, as tensions between Washington and Moscow deepen over the conflict in Ukraine.

“We did a job with India and Pakistan, Serbia, Kosovo, Rwanda and the Congo, and this was all over the last three weeks or so… and others that were ready to fight,” Trump had said while speaking to reporters ahead of a bilateral dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House Monday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio steps in to smooth over relations with Russia as he discusses meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during his first visit to Asia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised President Donald Trump for averting a potential war between India and Pakistan. Rubio highlighted this achievement during a White House Cabinet meeting. Trump emphasized the importance of using trade leverage to prevent the conflict,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled the Tokyo and Seoul destinations of this week’s trip to Asia amid an Israeli visit to the White House and a renewed trade war.