US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel.(AP)

Ahead of his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Kuala Lumpur Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described US-India relations as “deep, historic and important” and underlined that his country’s ties with Pakistan do not come at the expense of its “relationship” and “friendship” with India.

This outreach comes at a time when ties between Delhi and Washington have been strained over the Trump administration’s 50 per cent tariffs on India, a closer engagement between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s leadership including its Army chief, and Trump’s repeated claims about brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan in

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