US President Donald Trump has once again laid claim to brokering peace in several international disputes, including India-Pakistan, and claimed he merits a Nobel Peace Prize for it, but stated he will never get one.
In a lengthy message on his social media site Truth Social, Trump stated, “I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia.”
He went on, “and I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East which, if all goes well, will be loaded to the brim with additional Countries signing on, and will unify the Middle East for the first time in ‘The Ages!’ No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”
Trump also alluded to what he had labeled as a “wonderful treaty” between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlighting his wider diplomatic engagement.
India Rejects Foreign Mediation, Reiterates Bilateral Stand
While Trump made claims to the contrary, the Indian government has firmly rejected any foreign interference in its bilateral affairs with Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed India’s longstanding stance of rejecting third-party mediation in a recent telephonic discussion with Trump.
India asserts that no talk of foreign involvement took place during the increased tensions with Pakistan after the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Modi supposedly informed Trump:
“India will never tolerate any kind of mediation in its relations with Pakistan, and no discussion at any level between India and the US took place on the proposed trade agreement, or American intervention, during the sequence of events that followed Operation Sindoor.”
India-Pakistan Tensions Eased via Military Dialogue
After the terror strike, India conducted targeted attacks on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 7. Pakistan tried to hit Indian military bases between May 8 and 10, but India retaliated in a big way.
Hostilities ceased on May 10 following the mutual understanding between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both countries. Indian officials reiterated that this ceasefire was the product of military-to-military diplomacy, not third-party intervention.
India’s position is in line with its steadfast foreign policy—solving bilateral issues within itself without interference from outside, no matter what the international claims are.