‘I stopped the war between Pakistan and India’: Trump reiterates; says no one reported it

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated that he negotiated a ceasefire deal between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor — a declare that Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmly denied earlier in the day.“Well, I stopped a war between Pakistan. I love Pakistan. I think Modi is a fantastic man. I spoke to him last night. We’re going to make a trade deal with Modi of India. But I stopped the war between Pakistan and India. This man (Pakistani army chief of staff) was extremely influential in stopping it, from the Pakistan side. Modi, from the India side, others. And they were going at it. And they’re both nuclear countries. I got it stopped,” Trump advised media.

“Did anybody write that story about the war? Did you write it? We wrote one. We all wrote it. Did you write it? … But that’s okay. You know why? The people know,” Trump requested reporters. Earlier immediately, the two leaders spoke over the telephone for 35 minutes, in a dialog initiated by President Trump, in keeping with overseas secretary Vikram Misri.“They spoke for almost 35 minutes… PM Modi spoke with President Trump in detail on Operation Sindoor,” Misri mentioned.During the name, Prime Minister Modi made it clear that India doesn’t view terrorism as merely a proxy war anymore. “India now regards terrorism not as proxy war but actual war,” PM Modi advised Trump, in keeping with the official readout.Trump additionally conveyed his condolences over the April 22 terrorist assault in Pahalgam, which killed 26 individuals. He had beforehand expressed assist for India’s struggle in opposition to terrorism in a separate dialog shortly after the assault.Misri added that the ceasefire take care of Pakistan was signed at Islamabad’s request. “This was the first time they were speaking after that. PM Modi told the US President that the ceasefire deal with Pakistan after Operation Sindoor was signed at the request of Islamabad,” he mentioned.The leaders have been initially anticipated to carry a bilateral assembly on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada, however the assembly was cancelled after President Trump minimize brief his go to and returned to the US early.Looking forward, Prime Minister Modi invited Trump to India for the subsequent Quad summit. “For the next meeting of Quad, PM Modi invited President Trump to India. While accepting the invitation, President Trump said that he is excited to come to India,” Misri mentioned.Misri additionally confirmed that Trump reiterated sturdy US assist for India’s ongoing counterterrorism efforts.