Trade didn’t come up in talks with US amid India-Pakistan tensions, says MEA
Trade did not come up in talks with the United States on the evolving military situation between India and Pakistan, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday.
The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump claimed that he pressured India and Pakistan into accepting a ceasefire by threatening to stop trade with both countries. He reiterated the claim that it was his administration that brokered a “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan.
The US president also claimed that his administration stopped a nuclear conflict.
“I think it could have been a bad nuclear war,” Trump said. “Millions of people could have been killed.”
During a press conference on Tuesday, India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that there were conversations between Indian and US leaders on the evolving military situation from the time Operation Sindoor commenced on May 7 till the understanding on halting military action.
“The issue of trade did not come up in any of these discussions,” Jaiswal added.
About speculation raised by Trump on nuclear war, the spokesperson said that military action from India’s side was “entirely in the conventional domain”.
“There were some reports, however, that Pakistan National Command Authority will meet on May 10 but this was later denied by them,” Jaiswal said, adding that the Pakistani foreign minister...
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