Donald Trump says ‘US very close to making deal with India’, claims Pakistan delegates to visit next week

President Donald Trump on Friday (native time) claimed that the United States is “very close to making a deal with India,” including {that a} consultant from Pakistan is predicted to visit Washington for talks next week.“Pakistan representatives are coming in next week. We’re very close to making a deal with India,” Trump informed reporters at Joint Base Andrews.However, he made it clear that any ongoing battle between India and Pakistan may derail such agreements. “And I wouldn’t have any interest in making a deal with either if they were going to be at war with each other,” he additional warned.His remarks come amid heightened tensions between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours following India’s May 10 ‘Operation Sindoor’, a counterstrike in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault that claimed 26 lives.The United States has introduced worldwide tariffs, probably subjecting Pakistani exports to a 29% obligation due to its $3 billion commerce surplus with the American financial system.Union minister Piyush Goyal’s latest Washington visit was aimed to progress commerce negotiations, with each nations in search of to finalise an interim deal by early July, after India may face 26% duties on its US-bound exports. According to the ministry of exterior affairs, overseas secretary Vikram Misri visited the US from May 27 to 29. The Indian Embassy described his assembly with US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau as a “great first meeting” that lined a variety of bilateral priorities.Meanwhile, in accordance to a Reuters report final week, India is predicted to enable US corporations to bid for presidency contracts price over $50 billion, principally from federal businesses—as a part of ongoing commerce negotiations with Washington.Earlier, Trump had as soon as once more reiterated his assertion about mediating a de-escalation between India and Pakistan, stating that his administration’s commerce discussions probably prevented a nuclear battle between the 2 nations.“We talk trade, and we say we can’t trade with people who are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons… They understood and they agreed, and that all stopped,” the US President stated.“I think the deal I’m most proud of is the fact that we’re dealing with India, we’re dealing with Pakistan, and we were able to stop potentially a nuclear war through trade as opposed to bullets. You know, normally they do it through bullets. We do it through trade. So I’m very proud of that. Nobody talks about it. But we had a very nasty potential war going on between Pakistan and India. And now, if you look, they’re doing fine,” he added.