US President Donald Trump once again claimed credit for relaxing the recent tensions in India-Pakistan, saying that he had prevented a potential nuclear war using commercial pressure and direct diplomacy.
“I arrested a war between India and Pakistan, and I arrested him with trade,” Trump told journalists after an invoice signing event. “Pakistan, now, it was their turn to strike, and finally they will become nuclear.”
Trump said he had made personal calls to Indian and Pakistani leaders at the top of tensions. “I have called each chief, I respect them greatly. I talked about trade. I said, but you do not exchange with us if you are going to wage war, if you will start to launch nuclear weapons.”
“They understood exactly. They stopped,” he added. He praised his role in prevention of victims, saying: “I arrested this war with telephone calls and trade.” “And India is here at the moment negotiating a trade agreement, and Pakistan is coming, I’m thinking, next week,” he added.
In response to a question, Trump said: “We will bring them together. I told them, India and Pakistan … They have a long -standing rivalry in cashmere. I said to them, “I can solve anything”. “I will be your referee. I will be your referee. I can solve anything.
India and Pakistan saw one of the worst hostilities last month, launched by an attack on April 22 at the cashmere administered by the Indians, where unidentified armed men killed 26 people, mainly Indian tourists, on the Pahalgam tourist site.
New Delhi said the attack had “cross -border links”, but Islamabad denied complaints and offered a neutral probe. This led to an exchange of blame and denial, possibly climbing the airlines of reprisals and drone attacks. Tensions were held after Trump announced a ceasefire on May 10, which remains in force.
