US reviews Trump’s claims against India-Pakistan ceasefire after New Delhi pushes back

New Delhi: The United States seems to have tried course corrections after President Donald Trump’s recent post about his role in the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, which has triggered an inappropriate affair in New Delhi.

“We are happy to see the ceasefire. We want to encourage and see direct negotiations between the two sides. Take a step back, the president is a peacemaker and we celebrate the progress of peace. We hope the ceasefire will be maintained.”

On Thursday, Trump – addressing the U.S. military at a base in Qatar during his Gulf trip, said: “I don’t want to say I did, but I definitely solved the problem last week between India and Pakistan, which is becoming increasingly hostile.
However, New Delhi made it clear that there was no room for third-party mediation with Islamabad, and that the Indian-Pakistan issue was essentially purely bilateral.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) rejected Trump’s claim that he helped the ceasefire in exchange for a trade concession, explicitly saying that “the trade issue has not appeared” in any discussion with Washington in the latest India-Pakistan conflict.

In response to media questions about Trump’s comments, the MEA clarified that Indian and U.S. leaders were in touch with it during the conflict with Pakistan, but there was no dialogue on trade and no mediation.