State Department Briefing, May 8, 2025: India-Pakistan De-escalation

Name: "State Department Briefing, May 8, 2025: India-Pakistan De-escalation"
Uploaded: 2025-05-08
Duration: 1 h 50 min 6 s
Description: "Spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters the United States was urging India and Pakistan to reach a resolution, was engaged with both governments at multiple levels, and wanted the perpetrators of the Kashmir terrorist attack held accountable, according to the State Department briefing."

May 8, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 1:50:06

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What happened

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce took questions dominated by the India-Pakistan crisis. She said the United States continues to urge India and Pakistan to get a resolution, that America was at the center of speaking with a variety of leaders in both countries over the preceding days, and that Washington remained engaged with both governments at multiple levels — while declining, as a matter of policy, to discuss the details or nature of private diplomatic conversations conducted while work is being done.

Asked about intelligence backing for India, Bruce said what matters is that the phone calls happen and engagement continues. On Pakistan’s call for an independent investigation of the terrorist attack, she said the United States wants the perpetrators held accountable and is supportive of any effort to that end.

Pressed on whether India should stop after taking action, Bruce said the message from the Secretary and the United States is that the violence and military action should stop, describing the back-and-forth continuation as the one thing that has to end, and noting that war in the region has for generations proven not to be a solution.

Why it matters

The briefing shows the State Department’s crisis posture in the India-Pakistan escalation: public restraint on details, private multi-level engagement, accountability for the Kashmir attack, and a single public demand — that the military exchange stop.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, “Department of State Press Briefing - May 8, 2025 - 2:00 PM”, 2025-05-08 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-05-08). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.