India, March 27 -- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday spoke about Iran's response to the proposal sent by America for ending the conflict in West Asia.

Rubio said that while Iran had not given a formal response to the US, an "exchange" of messages had signalled their "willingness" to talk.

"We haven't gotten it yet," Rubio said on any formal response from Iran on the US proposal. "We've had an exchange of messages and indications from the Iranian system -- whatever's left of it -- about a willingness to talk about certain things," the US secretary of state told reporters after the G7 talks in Paris, AFP reported.

Rubio also clarified whether the US will be deploying any ground troops for the conflict. Rubio said tha...