urther U” Trump SaidS President Donald Trump has reiterated that he “stopped the war” between India and Pakistan, even as India has consistently denied any foreign interference in its decision to announce a ceasefire. Trump made the latest statement just hours before his meeting with Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at the White House on Wednesday.
Trump Says He Ended Conflict, Laments Lack of Media Coverage
Addressing media persons ahead of the high-level meeting, Trump personally claimed credit for diffusing the military standoff between the two nuclear-powered states. “Well, I stopped the war between Pakistan – I love Pakistan – I think Modi is a fantastic man, I spoke to him last night. We are going to make a trade deal with Modi of India… And I stopped the war between Pakistan and India. This man (possibly referring to Asim Munir) was extremely influential in stopping it from the Pakistani side, Modi from the India side, and others. And they were going at it, they are both nuclear countries. I got it stopped,” Trump added.
VIDEO | Washington DC: On being asked about his meeting with Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir, US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) says, “I stopped the war between India and Pakistan. I love Pakistan, and Modi is a fantastic man. I spoke to him last night and we will make a trade… pic.twitter.com/iFfXeaRDy1
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US President vented frustration at what he feels is a lack of recognition by the media. “I don’t think I had one story written, did I have one story written? I stopped a war between two major nations, major nuclear nations,” Trump said. He added “I did not have a story written about it, but that’s okay. You know why, the people know.”
India Reiterates: No US Role in Ceasefire
India has, however, rejected outright Trump’s assertion. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, briefing the media after a 35-minute phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump on Wednesday, made it clear that India consented to a ceasefire only after Pakistan demanded it.
“Prime Minister Modi clearly conveyed to President Trump that at no point during this entire sequence of events was there any discussion, at any level, on an India-US Trade Deal, or any proposal for a mediation by the US between India and Pakistan. The discussion to cease military action took place directly between India and Pakistan through the existing channels of communication between the two armed forces, and it was initiated at Pakistan’s request,” Misri said.
He also stated that India carried out Operation Sindoor as a “measured and non-escalatory” response, and that Indian troops targeted only terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“Prime Minister Modi firmly stated that India does not and will never accept mediation. There is complete political consensus in India on this matter,” he added.
Trump Again Uses Trade, Peace in Same Breath
Even as the Indian position remains firm, Trump once again used India and Pakistan as an example to demonstrate how his trade strategy serves his diplomatic efforts.
He stated, “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP.”
India has been stressing that the choice to stop operations came after a call by Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations to his Indian counterpart on May 10, after India’s air strikes against several airbases, including the strategic Nur Khan (Chaklala) airbase. Nevertheless, President Trump keeps claiming credit for the ceasefire — a line of argument that India has rejected again and again and in public.
