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The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said that trade did not come up in talks with the United States on the evolving military situation between India and Pakistan. The previous day, US President Donald Trump claimed that he pressured New Delhi and Islamabad into accepting a ceasefire by threatening to stop trade with both countries. The US president also claimed that his administration stopped a nuclear conflict.
On Tuesday, India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that there had been conversations between Indian and US leaders on the military situation from the time Operation Sindoor commenced on May 7 until the understanding with Pakistan on halting military action.
About speculation raised by Trump on nuclear war, the spokesperson said that military action from India’s side was “entirely in the conventional domain”. Read on.
The Pakistani military has claimed that 11 of its personnel and 40 civilians were killed during the conflict with India. Seventy-eight personnel of the armed forces and 121 civilians were injured, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations unit of the military.
This came two days after the Indian armed forces claimed that...
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