Trump says he stopped India-Pakistan war after India says no US mediation
US President Donald Trump attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on May 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS
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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 neighbors' militaries, not US mediation.
"Well, I stopped a war... 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 was extremely influential in stopping it from the Pakistan side. Modi from the India side and others. They were going at it – and they're both nuclear countries. I got it stopped," Trump added.
'Well I stopped the war between pakistan. I love Pakistan. Modi is a fantastic man I spoke to him last night we can now make a trade deal with him but I stopped the war between India and Pakistan' - US President Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/pkB6TKMAGZ — Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) June 18, 2025
Pakistan conducted Operation Bunyanum Marsoos in response to Indian military's dastardly attacks that began on the night of May 6 and 7, resulting in the loss of innocent civilian lives, including women, children, and the elderly.
On May 10, Pakistan deployed its Al-Fatah missile and targeted multiple Indian military installations. However, after the intervention of Donald Trump, a full and immediate ceasefire was reached between India and Pakistan.
Trump made his remarks just before he was scheduled to host COAS Field Marshal 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.
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Trump would host Asim Munir after he called for the president to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for preventing a nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
Read More: Modi tells Trump 'no' US role in ceasefire with Pakistan
Trump had said last month that the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours agreed to a ceasefire after talks mediated by the US, and that the hostilities ended after he urged the countries to focus on trade instead of war.
However, Modi told Trump late on Tuesday that the ceasefire was achieved through talks between the Indian and Pakistani militaries and not US. mediation, according to India's most senior diplomat, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
Pakistan has thanked Washington for playing a mediating role. India has repeatedly denied any third-party mediation and Tuesday's phone call between Modi and Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada, which Modi attended as a guest, was the two leaders' first direct exchange since the May 7-10 conflict.
Also Read: 'If you don't stop, no trade': Trump on Pakistan-India ceasefire
"PM Modi told President Trump clearly that during this period, there was no talk at any stage on subjects like India-US trade deal or US mediation between India and Pakistan," Misri said in a press statement.
"Talks for ceasing military action happened directly between India and Pakistan through existing military channels, and on the insistence of Pakistan. Prime Minister Modi emphasised that India has not accepted mediation in the past and will never do," he said.
Misri said the two leaders had been due to meet on the sidelines of G7 summit but Trump left a day early due to the situation in the Middle East.
Trump asked Modi if he could stop by the US on his return from Canada, Misri said, but the Indian leader expressed his inability to do so due to a pre-decided schedule. "He invited Trump to visit India later this year for the summit of the leaders of the Quad grouping, which Trump accepted," Misri said.
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