Pakistan Representatives To Visit US Next Week, Trade Deal With India Very Close: Trump

The US President has once again taken credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters, he expressed happiness over brokering peace between the nuclear-armed countries through trade rather than military conflict.

What US President Said?

"I think the deal I'm most proud of is the fact that we're dealing with India, we're dealing with Pakistan, and we were able to stop potentially a nuclear war through trade as opposed to bullets. You know, normally they do it through bullets. We do it through trade. So I'm very proud of that. Nobody talks about it. But we had a very nasty potential war going on between Pakistan and India. And now, if you look, they're doing fine," ANI quoted the US President as saying.

Talking about the deals between Pakistan and India, the US President said, "Pakistani representatives are coming in next week. We're very close to making a deal with India. And I wouldn't have any interest in making a deal with either if they were going to be at war with each other,"

Following the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22, India launched Operation Sindoor, striking nine terror infrastructure sites in Pakistan and in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on May 7. In response, Pakistan tried to attack the border regions but India successfully neutralised drone, and missile attacks.

Operation Sindoor & Ceasefire

India targeted runways, hangars, command and control centres, radar bases, missile sites and weapon storage areas. New Delhi also struck Pakistani military bases at Rafiqui, Murid, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian while causing damage to the air bases in Skardu, Bholari, Jacobabad and Sargodha.

However, the operation was put on pause after Islamabad called Delhi twice for a ceasefire on May 10.

However, the US President has taken credit for the cessation of hostilities. Nonetheless, India has denied the Trump administration played a role in the mediation.

"From the time OPERATION SINDOOR commenced on 7th May till the understanding on cessation of firing and military action on 10th May, there were conversations between Indian and U.S. leaders on the evolving military situation. The issue of trade did not come up in any of these discussions," the MEA said in a statement.