The US said it “commends” India’s “very measured, cautious and very professional” response in the way it was carrying out the investigation into the car explosion that occurred outside the Red Fort in New Delhi on November 10, which it said was “clearly a terrorist attack”.
“Yeah. I mean, we’re aware – yeah, we’re aware of the potential that that holds. But I think the Indians are – need to be commended; they have been very measured and cautious and very professional in how they’re carrying out this investigation,” said the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, during a conversation with the press in Hamilton, Canada, on Wednesday.
He said Washington has “offered to help” but New Delhi is “very capable” in these investigations.
“That investigation continues. Clearly, it was a terrorist attack. It was a car loaded with highly explosive materials that detonated and killed a lot of people. But I think they’re doing a very good job of carrying out an investigation; and I think when they have facts, they’ll release those facts,” Rubio said.
Rubio, who met External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on the margins of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Niagara, was asked about the Red Fort explosion in Delhi that killed at least 12 people, and how any connection with terror modules in Pakistan can worsen relations between India and Pakistan, especially in the backdrop of the military escalation that happened between the two nuclear-armed nations in May this year when India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam killings.
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“So, but clearly, I mean, we’re aware of the potential that it has, and so we spoke about that a little bit today – the potential that it has to become something broader. But I think we’re going to wait and see what their investigation reveals,” Rubio said.
He added that the US has offered to help India in its investigations, but that it is “very capable in these investigations” and don’t need the US’ help.
“I think they’re very capable in these investigations. They don’t need our help. They’re doing a good job, and I thought they were very measured and professional in how they’ve approached it, as they usually are,” he added.
Following his meeting with Rubio, Jaishankar said in a post on X “Good to meet @SecRubio this morning at #G7 FMM. Appreciate his condolences on the loss of lives in the blast in Delhi. Discussed our bilateral ties, focusing on trade and supply chains. Exchanged views on the Ukraine conflict, the Middle East/West Asia situation and Indo-Pacific.”
India on Wednesday termed the car explosion outside Red Fort as a “heinous terror incident” after a Union Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India’s unwavering commitment to a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
The Cabinet directed investigating agencies to deal with the case with “utmost urgency and professionalism” to bring those behind it and their sponsors to justice without delay and said the situation continues to be “closely monitored” at the highest levels of the government.
“The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, expressed its profound grief over the loss of lives in the terrorist incident involving a car explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi on the evening of 10 November 2025,” said Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, at a media briefing.
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