‘Will not trade with New Delhi and Islamabad if...’: Trump repeats claims of stopping India-Pak ‘nuclear war’

United States President Donald Trump repeated his claims of stopping war between India and Pakistan, which he claimed "could have turned nuclear" if Washington had not intervened. India had categorically denied the role of any third nation in ceasefire talks with Pakistan. 

 

Addressing a press conference on Friday, Trump repeated his claim of using trade deals to stop the recent conflict between India and Pakistan. Trump claimed both India and Pakistan agreed to stop fighting after he asked his administration to cancel all deals with both nations. 

 

"We did some great work. India and Pakistan. That was going to be maybe nuclear. We did that. We did a lot of work. I don't know if there's ever been a president that's done much more," the US president claimed.

 

Saying he stopped conflict between Serbia and Kosovo in a similar manner, Trump said, "That's what happened with India and Pakistan. I was negotiating with both of them and I said to (Treasury Secretary) Scott (Bessent), I said to (Commerce Secretary) Howard (Lutnick), cancel all deals with India and Pakistan. They're not trading with us because they're in a war."

 

Trump claimed both India and Pakistan called back and asked, "What do we do?" "I said, 'Look, you want to have trade with the United States, It's great, but you want to go and start using nuclear weapons on each other, We're not going to allow that.' And they both agreed. Both have great leaders. They both agreed not to do it. So we did a lot," Trump said.

 

 

 India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror launchpads in Pakistan, to avenge the killings of tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. According to India, terrorists with alleged Pakistani links were behind the attacks. As many as 26 persons were killed in the terror attack on April 26. 

 

Trump's comments come after he said recently that the US is going to sign a major deal with India soon. A bilateral trade agreement between India and the US is in the works and expected to be signed before July 9, the day when Trump's reciprocal tariffs on imports would kick in. Trump has proposed a 26 per cent tariff on imports from India. 

 

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