Trump insists he stopped India-Pakistan war despite Modi denial
US president Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that he had stopped the war
between India and Pakistan, hours after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him the ceasefire after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the two countries' militaries, not US mediation.
Trump made his remarks just before he was scheduled to host Pakistan's powerful armed forces chief Asim Munir in a rare meeting at the White House on Wednesday, something likely to upset India, a country the US president and his predecessor Joe Biden assiduously courted as part of efforts to push back against China.
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