Trump believes five fighter jets were shot down in India-Pakistan conflict
Trump, who made his remarks at a dinner with a number of Republican US lawmakers at the White House on Friday, did not specify which side's jets he was referring to.
'In fact, planes were being shot out of the air. Five, five, four or five, but I think five jets were shot down actually,' Trump said while talking about the India-Pakistan hostilities, without elaborating or providing further detail.
Pakistan has claimed it downed five Indian planes in air-to-air combat.
India's highest-ranking general said in late May that India switched tactics after suffering losses in the air on the first day of hostilities and established an advantage before a ceasefire was announced three days later.
India also claimed it downed 'a few planes' of Pakistan. Islamabad denied suffering any losses of planes but acknowledged its airbases suffered hits.
Truce deal
Trump has repeatedly claimed credit, and complained he has not been feted for it, for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that he announced on social media on May 10 after Washington held talks with both sides.
India has contradicted Trump's claims that the ceasefire resulted from his intervention and his threats to sever trade talks.
New Delhi's stated position has been that it reached an agreement bilaterally with Pakistan, and that they must solve their problems directly and with no outside involvement.
India is an increasingly important US partner in Washington's effort to counter China's influence in Asia, while Pakistan is a US ally, finding a new lease of diplomatic favour in the Trump administration.
The White House on Thursday said, however, that no Trump visit was scheduled to Pakistan 'at this time' after widespread local reports of a trip.
The April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 people and led to heavy fighting between the two sides in the latest escalation of a decades-old rivalry.
New Delhi blamed the attack on Pakistan, which denied responsibility, while calling for a neutral investigation.
Washington condemned the attack but did not directly blame Islamabad.
On May 7, Indian jets bombed sites across the border that New Delhi described as 'terrorist infrastructure', setting off an exchange of attacks between the two countries by fighter jets, missiles, drones, and artillery that killed dozens until the ceasefire was reached.
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