‘We stopped a lot of fights’: Trump reiterates claim of brokering ceasefire between India and Pakan | World News
United States President Donald Trump on Monday (July 7) once again reiterated his claim of brokering a truce between India and Pakan, stating that his adminration’s diplomatic efforts helped avert a potential war between the two countries.While speaking to reporters as he hosted Israeli Prime Miner Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump emphasised he warned the nations that he would not engage in trade deals if they continued to fight, claiming credit for brokering the ceasefire.
“We stopped a lot of fights, very, very big one was India and Pakan. We stopped that over trade,” Trump said.
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“We are dealing with India and Pakan. We said that we are not going to be dealing with you at all if you are gonna fight. They were maybe at a nuclear stage… Stopping that was really important,” he added.
Trump’s claims came as Netanyahu said that he nominated the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honour the American leader has long coveted after one of his predecessors, Barack Obama, received it in the year 2009.
Netanyahu handed a copy of the nomination letter to Trump during their dinner at the White House and said, “The President has already realised great opportunities. He forged the Abraham Accords. He’s forging peace as we speak in one country, in one region after the other. So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee. It’s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved, and you should get it.”
Trump, who appeared to be surprised the nomination, thanked the Israeli prime miner and said that he wasn’t aware of it.Story continues below this ad
“Thank you very much. This I did not know. Wow, thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,” said Trump.
The US president has repeatedly claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire in the 4-day India-Pakan conflict, despite Prime Miner Narendra Modi telling Trump that India neither requested United States’ mediation nor discussed any trade deal.
#WATCH | US President Donald Trump says, “…We stopped a lot of fights, very, very big one was India and Pakan. We stopped that over trade. We are dealing with India and Pakan. We said that we are not going to be dealing with you at all if you are gonna fight. They were… pic.twitter.com/qeyJu3d712
— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2025
Modi reminds Trump no trade talk or US role in Operation Sindoor pause
After the US president left the G7 Summit in Canada early, cutting short a planned in-person meeting, PM Modi spoke to him via a phone call and told Trump that at no point was there any discussion, at any level, on an India-US trade deal or any proposal for mediation the US between India and Pakan.
Detailing the 35-minute phone conversation between Modi and Trump, their first since Operation Sindoor, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, “President Trump enquired if Prime Miner Modi could stop over in the US on his way back from Canada. Due to prior commitments, Prime Miner Modi expressed his inability to do so. Both leaders agreed to make efforts to meet in the near future.”Story continues below this ad
Underlining that a discussion on ending military action took place “directly between India and Pakan through the exing channels of communication between the two armed forces” and had been initiated “at Pakan’s request”, Modi said, “India does not and will never accept mediation.” He also said there was “complete political consensus” in India on this issue.
“Prime Miner 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 the US between India and Pakan. The discussion to cease military action took place directly between India and Pakan through the exing channels of communication between the two armed forces, and it was initiated at Pakan’s request. Prime Miner Modi firmly stated that India does not and will never accept mediation. There is complete political consensus in India on this matter,” Misri said.
(With inputs from agencies)
