Since May 10, Trump has repeated his claim over 40 times that he ‘helped settle’ the tensions between India and Pakistan. Photo: PTI
Settled 6 wars in 6 months, including India-Pakistan: Trump
The US president repeated the claim while meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, despite Indian officials stating there was no third-party mediation
US President Donald Trump on Monday (August 18) once again repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan.
Talking to the press in the Oval Office while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump claimed to have ended six wars, including the war between India and Pakistan.
While answering a question, Trump said he thought that the Russia-Ukraine war would be the “easiest one” to end, but it is not.
Russia-Ukraine - ‘the tough one’
Trump said that “it is the tough one”, and we have been talking about it for a long time, like “we were talking about others …India-Pakistan.”
Trump also indirectly mentioned India and Pakistan on his Truth Social post earlier in the day.
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"I’ve settled 6 Wars in 6 months, one of them a possible Nuclear disaster,” Trump posted.
Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim over 40 times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan.
India denies third-party intervention
India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in Parliament that no leader of any country asked India to stop Operation Sindoor.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has categorically said there was no third-party intervention in bringing about a ceasefire with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
On the day of his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Trump repeated multiple times within hours his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan, as well as spoke about Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil.
(With agency inputs)