Mumbai, Oct. 21 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington's ties with Pakistan, or with any other country, will never come at the cost of its relationship with India, rejecting comparisons with the Nixon-era US tilt towards Islamabad.

In an interview with The Indian Express (IE) during his second visit to India this year, Rubio said the world today looks nothing like it did in the 1970s, when the Cold War shaped US policy in the region.

"Our relationship with no country in the world, in any way, comes at the expense of our relationship with India," he told IE.

The US has a relationship with Pakistan and needs one, he said, adding that it could even be useful if Washington used its influence to discourage actions that mig...