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‘Was there in the room when…': Jaishankar rejects Trump version of India-Pakistan ceasefire, again
In the wake of continuous false claims by US President Donald Trump about the India-Pakistan conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has sought to set the record straight again and said that India did not agree to a ceasefire at the behest of the United States.
In an interview with Newsweek, Jaishankar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not agree to a ceasefire in a call with US Vice President JD Vance but said that India would mount a befitting response to any Pakistani attack.
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'I can tell you that I was in the room when Vice President Vance spoke to Prime Minister Modi on the night of May 9, saying that the Pakistanis would launch a very massive assault on India…We did not accept certain things, and the Prime Minister was impervious to what the Pakistanis were threatening to do. On the contrary, he (PM Modi) indicated that there would be a response from us," said Jaishankar.
The next morning, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called and said that 'Pakistanis were ready to talk". Later in the day, Pakistani Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Major General Kashif Abdullah reached out to his Indian counterpart with a request for a ceasefire.
'So, I can only tell you from my personal experience what happened," said Jaishankar.
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