Quick Points
- Donald Trump once again claimed that he brokered a ceasefire using trade as a negotiation tool in the India-Pakistan Conflict in May.
- Trump did not clarify whether the downed jets were from India or Pakistan.
- India Launched Operation Sindoor in response to the brutal Pakistani terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam.
Donald Trump again claimed that he mediated in the India-Pakistan Conflict in May,Trump did not clarify whether the downed jets were from India or Pakistan.
India Launched Operation Sindoor in response to the brutal Pakistani terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam.
President Donald Trump once again claimed that he stopped a major war between India-Pakistan. He says that five jets were shot down during operation Sindoor but did not clarify whether jets were from India or Pakistan.
Further He stated that “I have stopped a lot of wars and these were serious, India and Pakistan and that was going on. The nuclear armed neighbors constantly hitting each other seems like a new form of warfare. Planes were shot out there. I think that five jets were shot down.”He made these statements during dinner with Republican lawmakers at White House.
This is not the first time Donald trump has made these claims, he has repeatedly said that his administration has brokered a ceasefire between India-Pakistan, a claim that India has constantly denied.
He further explained that his government used trade as a negotiation tool to ease the tension between nuclear armed neighbors.
He says India and Pakistan were going for it, and they were back and forth and that was getting bigger and bigger And we solved it through trade we said you want to make trade deal with us”
“We are not making any trade deals with you guys if you are going to be throwing around weapons and Maybe nuclear as well, both are powerful nuclear countries”.
What Jaishankar has said on Trump Claims
India’s foreign minister has categorically denied Donald Trump’s claim of ceasefire between India and Pakistan using trade as a negotiation tool. He says he was with the Prime minister Narendra Modi during the call with the vice president JD Vance.
During an Interview with Newsweek in New York he says “ i can tell you…that i was in the room when vice president of JD Vance spoke with the Prime minister Modi on the night of May 9. He added that Pakistanis are going to launch a massive assault on India…we did not accept certain things” Jaishankar said
He further added that on the 9th May pakistanis did launch a massive attack on India but Indian forces responded very quickly.
India’s position on these Claims
India has repeatedly denied these claims and maintained that only the Pakistani DGMO has contacted the Indian DGMO to halt the military action from both the sides during the phone call.