Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi and Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, at his residence in New Delhi on Saturday. |Photo source: ANI
The coalition government said here on Saturday that the directors of Indian and Pakistan’s military operations had “directly” known about the final hostilities.
But the first hint of a halt to the cessation of hostilities between New Delhi and Islamabad comes not from any capital, but from Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump hailed for his US mediation of the conflict.
Focus on India-Pakistan conflict on May 10
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Mr. Trump and the United States for their “promotion results”, saying that Pakistan “has accepted it for the benefit of regional peace and stability”.
Mr. Trump issued a statement about his truth social account about half an hour before Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced his “understanding”. This is the way he announced in 2019, when he introduced a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and negotiated the return of Abhinandan Varthaman, an Indian Air Force pilot, announced in India.
A U.S. State Department news statement also called it a “ceasefire for U.S. brokers between India and Pakistan.”
Indian officials, who asked not to be named, dismissed Mr. Trump’s claim that the result of “a long conversation night mediated by the United States” was “an American completeness and ceasefire.” Trump added in his post: “Congratulations to both countries on their use of common sense and great intelligence.”
Mr Rubio’s statement said India and Pakistan had agreed to “start negotiations on a wide range of issues in neutral locations” and were also questioned by government sources.
Officials said India and Pakistan had already formulated an agreement on “stop military operations between the two countries” and said that contrary to Mr Rubio’s comment, “there was no decision to negotiate any other issue anywhere else”.
Mr. Rubio talks with both sides every day.
Mr Rubio spoke with Pakistan Army Chief President Asim Munir early Saturday morning after a huge escalation in the conflict, where Pakistan Air Force Base and UAV clusters carried out a mass attack on India’s military infrastructure, “Emphasis on both sides can be relegated and to avoid constructive talks about dialogue to avoid communication on certain issues to avoid communication on certain issues.
In the past few days, leaders of several countries have also spoken with New Delhi and Islamabad to call for a downgrade. Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir visited two capitals every day, and in a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the visit was a “effort of the Kingdom’s “deepening efforts to relegate, ending ongoing military exchanges and resolving all disputes and diplomatic channels through dialogue and diplomatic channels”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also visited two capitals this week, although there was less publicity. According to Reuters, Pakistan’s foreign minister told Pakistan channel Geo that about “three dozen” countries have intervened in the call for a ceasefire in the past few days.
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