Trump’s Latest Statement On India-Pak Ceasefire, Hours After PM Call

Sticking to his position despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi making it clear that India had agreed to a ceasefire based on Pakistan’s request, US President Donald Trump has, once again, claimed credit for “stopping the war” between the two countries and even complained that “not one story” had been written about it. 

PM Modi and Mr Trump spoke over the phone for 35 minutes on Wednesday after the US president had to leave the G7 Summit in Canada early and their planned meeting could not happen. Briefing reporters, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the PM had told Mr Trump that Pakistan was compelled to request a ceasefire. 

On Operation Sindoor, which was a response to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, PM Modi informed Mr Trump that India’s response had been measured and non-escalatory and India had only targeted terrorist camps and hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 

“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,” Mr Misri said.