US President Donald Trump has made a surprising statement regarding the India-Pakistan ceasefire, subtly shifting his earlier stance. Within a week, Trump appeared to change his position on his involvement in brokering the ceasefire. Initially, he was quick to claim credit for mediating between India and Pakistan, stating his role in facilitating the ceasefire. However, India firmly denied any external involvement in the agreement and chose not to directly respond to Trump’s claims. In a notable shift, Trump has now said, “I won’t say I did it… but,” a remark that has sparked fresh controversy. His remark is seen as an attempt to assert global influence by positioning himself as a mediator.
What Trump Said
“I don’t want to say I did, but I sure as hell helped settle the problem between Pakistan and India last week, which was getting more and more hostile, and all of a sudden, you’ll start seeing missiles of a different type, and we got it settled. I hope I don’t walk out of here and two days later find out that it’s not settled, but I think it is settled, and we talked to them about trade. Let’s do trade instead of, and Pakistan was very happy with that, and India was very happy with that, and I think they’re on the way…” said US President.
Trump’s Absurd Claim
Trump added: “They have been fighting for about a 1000 years in all fairness. So I said, you know. I could settle that up. I could settle; let me settle it up, and let’s get them all together. How long have you been fighting for about 1000 years? Oh, that’s a lot. I’m not sure about that. I’m not sure about settling. That’s a tough one. They’ve been fighting for a long time… It was really going to be escalating out of control.”
India’s EAM On Pakistan
Union External affairs minister on Thursday said the prime minister made it very clear that talks with Pakistan will be on terror. He said the only thing which remains to be discussed on Kashmir is the vacating of illegally occupied Indian territory in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“Our relations and dealings with Pakistan will be strictly bilateral. That is a national consensus for years, and there is absolutely no change in that. The prime minister made it very clear that talks with Pakistan will be only on terror. Pakistan has a list of terrorists that needs to be handed over, and they have to shut down the terrorists’ infrastructure. They know what to do. We are prepared to discuss with them what is to be done about terrorism. Those are the talks which are feasible,” said Dr S Jaishankar.
