New Delhi, June 14 -- Congress leader Manish Tewari on Sunday slammed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over his remarks during the conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar concerning the attacks by the US in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners, and said the comments are "abrupt, abrasive confrontational."

Tewari said in a post on X that there was "no regret, no remorse, no empathy, no sympathy" in Rubio's remarks and these "could not have been more belligerent".

The Congress leader said it is not the language with a country, which is described as "friend".

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