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The Wire
20 hours ago
- Politics
- The Wire
Donald Trump Claims For 25th Time That He Stopped War Between India and Pakistan
Trump's latest statement on the subject came just days after he had claimed that about 'five jets' having been shot down. He once again reiterated the claims on Tuesday. New Delhi: US President Donald Trump once again claimed on Tuesday (July 23) that he had stopped the 'war between India and Pakistan' earlier this year. This is the 25 th time that Trump has made the assertion that he was instrumental in brokering the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, a claim that has been denied by Indian authorities. 'We stopped wars between India and Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. They shot down five planes and it was back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. I called them and said, 'Listen, no more trade. If you do this, you're not going to be good…They're both powerful nuclear nations and that would have happened, who knows where that would have ended up. And I stopped it,' said Trump on Tuesday at a reception in the White House with the Congress members, reported Press Trust of India. Trump's latest statement on the subject came just days after he had claimed that about 'five jets' having been shot down. He once again reiterated the claims on Tuesday. On the other hand, acting US Representative Ambassador Dorothy Shea said at an open debate in the UN Security Council on Tuesday on 'Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes' held under Pakistan's presidency of the Council that across the globe, that the United States continues to work with parties to disputes, wherever possible, to find peaceful solutions. 'We have seen the US leadership deliver de-escalations between Israel and Iran, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and between India and Pakistan.' 'The United States, under President Trump's leadership, played an important role in encouraging the parties to reach these resolutions, which we applaud and support,' said Shea. When Shea made these statements, Pakistan deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar presided over the Council meeting. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest developments.

Business Standard
a day ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
War between India, Pakistan was probably going to end up nuclear: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent "war" between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict. He also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan "was probably going to end up in a nuclear war". "We stopped wars between India and Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda," he said at a reception in the White House with the Congress members. "They shot down five planes and it was back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. I called them and said, 'Listen, no more trade. If you do this, you're not going to be goodThey're both powerful nuclear nations and that would have happened, and who knows where that would have ended up. And I stopped it'," he added. Trump claimed the US took out Iran's entire nuclear capability and also stopped the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia. "And a couple of others that we didn't stop a war, but we stopped what probably could have ended up in a war. We do that on the House as compliments of America. Okay, do you think (former US President Joe) Biden would do that? I don't think so. Do you think he ever heard of any of those countries? I don't think so, Trump said. Trump, who has repeatedly said that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan through trade, last Friday said for the first time that five jets were shot down during the fighting. You had India, Pakistan, that was going in fact, planes were being shot out of the air, five, five, four or five. But I think five jets were shot down actuallythat was getting worse and worse, wasn't it? That was looking like it was going to go, these are two serious nuclear countries and they were hitting each other, he had said at the White House in his remarks made during a dinner that he hosted for the Republican senators. Meanwhile, Acting US Representative Ambassador Dorothy Shea said at an open debate in the UN Security Council on Tuesday on Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes' held under Pakistan's presidency of the Council that across the globe, the United States continues to work with parties to disputes, wherever possible, to find peaceful solutions. With Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar presiding over the Council meeting, Shea said that in the past three months alone, we have seen the US leadership deliver de-escalations between Israel and Iran, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and between India and Pakistan. The United States, under President Trump's leadership, played an important role in encouraging the parties to reach these resolutions, which we applaud and support, Shea said. Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, in his statement in the UNSC chamber spoke about the Pahalgam terror attack for which The Resistance Front, a front for Pakistan-based terror organization Lashkar-e-Tayyiba had claimed responsibility. Harish emphasized that there should be a serious cost to states who violate the spirit of good neighbourliness and international relations by fomenting cross-border terrorism. He said that India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir consequent to the gruesome terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 that led to the killing of 26 innocent tourists and based on the April 25 UNSC statement. In the UNSC statement, the Council members had underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice. Harish emphasised that India's response was focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. On achieving its primary objectives, a cessation of military activities was directly concluded at the request of Pakistan, he said. Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire after a long night of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim several times on various occasions that he helped settle the tensions and that he told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a lot of trade with them if they stopped the conflict. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, in June, but the US president returned to Washington early. Before departing Kananaskis and wrapping up his first visit to Canada in a decade, Modi had a 35-minute telephonic conversation with Trump in Washington. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had said in a video message from Kananaskis that Modi clearly conveyed to Trump that at no point during the days following Operation Sindoor was there any discussion, at any level, on an India-US trade deal or any proposal for mediation by the US between India and Pakistan. Asserting Prime Minister Modi firmly stated that India does not and will never accept mediation, Misri had said the discussion to cease military action took place directly between India and Pakistan through the existing channels of communication between the two armed forces and it was initiated at Pakistan's request. The US has designated The Resistance Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The State Department said these actions taken by it against The Resistance Front demonstrates the Trump administration's commitment to protecting our national security interests, countering terrorism, and enforcing President Trump's call for justice for the Pahalgam attack.


India Today
a day ago
- Politics
- India Today
Trump mediated India-Pak de-escalation: US envoy at UN Security Council meeting
The Trump administration has delivered 'de-escalations' between India and Pakistan, Washington's top diplomat at the UN said on Tuesday, emphasising that the US remains committed to mediating disputes and advancing peaceful resolutions worldwide.'Across the globe, the United States continues to work with parties to disputes, wherever possible, to find peaceful solutions,' Acting US Representative Ambassador Dorothy Shea said at the UN Security Council open debate on 'Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes' held here under Pakistan's presidency of the Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar presiding over the Council meeting, Shea said in the past three months alone, the US leadership has delivered "de-escalations between Israel and Iran, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and between India and Pakistan'. 'The United States, under President Trump's leadership, played an important role in encouraging the parties to reach these resolutions, which we applaud and support,' she US calls on all UN member states involved in disputes or conflicts to follow the example of those countries and to make every effort to resolve their disputes and cease violence, the diplomat currently a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Council, is President of the UN body for the month of July. Under its presidency, it is holding two 'signature' events on 'Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes' and on 'cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organisations (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation).'In his remarks to the debate in his national capacity, Dar raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir as well as the Indus Waters the wake of the horrific April 22 Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir, for which The Resistance Front had claimed responsibility and in which 26 civilians were killed, India decided that the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border said for peaceful dispute settlement processes to be credible, their outcomes must be implemented."We again call on China to abide by the 2016 ruling of the Arbitral Tribunal convened under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, which is both final and legally binding on China and the Philippines," she said for nine years now, China has refused to live up to its obligations as a party to the Convention, and instead continued to publicly reject the ruling, interfere with the exercise of high seas freedoms, and assert expansive and unlawful claims that infringe on the sovereign rights and jurisdictions of other South China Sea littoral states, including the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam."We once again condemn China's expansive and unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea and the dangerous and destabilising ways it attempts to enforce them," she May 10, Trump, as well as his administration, has repeated the claim several times on various occasions that the US president 'helped settle' the tensions between India and Pakistan and that he told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a 'lot of trade' with them if they stop the launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The strikes triggered four days of intense clashes that ended with an understanding on stopping the military actions on May Resistance Front (TRF), a front for Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam week, the US designated The Resistance Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).India welcomed the US decision to designate TRF as a designated FTO and SDGT.- EndsTune InMust Watch