U.S. President Donald Trump has stated he needs India and Pakistan to “stop” what he described as “tit for tat” actions, saying if he can do anything to “help”, he will be there.
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Mr. Trump’s remarks got here after the Indian army carried out strikes in opposition to terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday. Pakistan military carried out one of the intense artillery and mortar shelling in years focusing on ahead villages alongside the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.
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“Oh it’s so terrible. My position is I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work it out. I want to see them stop and hopefully they can stop now. They have gone tit for tat, so hopefully they can stop now. I know both, we get along with both the countries very well.
“Good relationships with both and I want to see it stop. And If I can do anything to help, I will be there,” Trump stated in response to a query on the “war” between India and Pakistan.
He was talking on Wednesday (May 7) within the Oval Office after the swearing-in ceremony of David Perdue as U.S. Ambassador to China.
Earlier, hours after the Indian strikes, Trump had stated that India and Pakistan have been combating for a very long time and other people knew “something was going to happen”.
“It’s a shame, we just heard about it just as we were walking in the doors of the Oval (Office). Just heard about it. I guess people knew something was going to happen based on a little bit of the past. They’ve been fighting for a long time.
“They’ve been fighting for many, many decades and centuries, actually, if you really think about it,” Mr. Trump stated when requested concerning the assaults between India and Pakistan.
When requested if he has any message for the 2 nations, he stated, “No, I just hope it ends very quickly.” Meanwhile, a high American army commander has stated that the US is “watching the situation very closely” after Indian army strikes.
“It’s right now too early to opine on any of that. We’re watching the situation very closely. We’re nested with our higher headquarters and USINDOPACOM as the information about these strikes becomes more clear,” U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General, General Ronald Clark stated throughout a digital press briefing Wednesday.
India launched Operation Sindoor early Wednesday, hitting 9 terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab province of Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 terror assault that killed 26 individuals in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Pakistan Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry stated 31 individuals had been killed and 57 others injured within the Indian missile strikes launched shortly after midnight.
Published – May 08, 2025 11:31 am IST