US President Donald Trump, for first time, accepts two leaders of India-Pakan ‘decided’ to stop conflict | World News
In his first admission to not credit himself for stopping the India-Pakan ceasefire last month, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that two “very smart” leaders of India and Pakan “decided” not to continue the conflict, news agency PTI, reported.
President Trump made the remarks after he hosted Pakan’s Chief of Army Staff, Asim Munir, for lunch at the White House on Wednesday.
India and Pakan decided to stop the conflict and cease the hostilities on May 10. Since then, Trump has repeatedly claimed that he brokered a deal and “helped settle” the tension between the two neighbouring countries and claimed America would do a “lot of trade” with them if they stopped the conflict.
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🎥 Len to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s statement on the telephone conversation. pic.twitter.com/7TcZHDzXDd
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Trump, who hosted Pakan’s Army chief Munir, said, “The reason I had him here, I want to thank him for not going into the war, ending the war. And I want to thank, as you know, Prime Miner Modi just left a little while ago, and we’re working on a trade deal with India. We’re working on a trade deal with Pakan.”
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The Republican leader, for the first time in weeks, didn’t take the credit for stopping the military conflict between India and Pakan and said that “I was with Modi a few weeks ago. He was here actually, but now we speak to him. And I’m so happy that two smart people…two very smart people decided not to keep going with that war. That could have been a nuclear war.”
Trump and PM Modi were scheduled to meet in Canada on the sidelines of the G7 Summit but the American president cut short his trip and returned to Washington due to the prevailing situation in Middle East (Israel-Iran conflict). However, before departing Canada and wrapping up his summit visit, PM Modi held a 35 minute phone call with Trump.
According to a video statement Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, PM Modi in his call with Trump, conveyed to him that at “no point” during Operation Sindoor was there any discussion, at any level, on an India-US trade deal or any proposal for mediation the US between India and Pakan.
PM Modi made India’s position clear that India will never accept the mediation of a third party, and there is complete political consensus in India on this matter, said Misri.
