New Delhi, May 24 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday firmly rejected suggestions that Washington's growing engagement with Pakistan could undermine its strategic partnership with India, asserting during his visit to New Delhi that America's relations with any country would not come "at the expense" of its alliance with India.

Responding to a pointed media query on US-Pakistan relations and allegations linked to military support for terrorist groups, Rubio stressed that responsible nations routinely maintain tactical and diplomatic engagement with multiple countries while safeguarding core strategic partnerships.

"We have relations, and we work at the tactical level, for example, and in many other ways with countries all over t...