Stopped Potential India-Pak Nuclear War: Trump Reiterates Claim
Trump said that eight aircraft were shot down during the four-day conflict between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor
Washington DC: United States President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) again claimed to have stopped the war between India and Pakistan.
Answering a question during an interaction with reporters, President Trump said that eight aircraft were shot down during the four-day conflict between India and Pakistan following New Delhi's Operation Sindoor, which was launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
He stated, “I have solved eight wars. Thailand is starting to shape up with Cambodia, but I think we have it in pretty good shape. We stopped a potential nuclear war between Pakistan and India. The Prime Minister of Pakistan said that President Trump saved 10 million lives, maybe more. Eight planes were shot down. That war was starting to rage. The only war I haven't solved yet is Russia-Ukraine.”
President Trump has repeatedly claimed that he used trade tariffs to stop a potential large-scale war between the neighbouring countries, saying his intervention “settled” the conflict within 24 hours. India, however, has denied these claims.
New Delhi has maintained that after Pakistan suffered heavy damage, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) contacted the Indian DGMO, and both sides agreed to stop all firing and military action on land, air, and sea with effect from May 10.
Meanwhile, when asked about peace talks related to the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said, “The talks are going on between Russia and Ukraine... There is tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelenskyy.”
Recently, peace talks concluded in Miami, Florida. Following the talks, US President Donald Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff said that Russia “remains fully committed to achieving peace” in Ukraine.
Witkoff stated, “Over the last two days in Florida, the Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev held productive and constructive meetings with the American delegation to advance President Trump's peace plan on Ukraine.” He added that the American delegation included Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and White House staff member Josh Gruenbaum.
“Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine. Russia highly values the efforts and support of the United States to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security,” the statement read.
The negotiations took place as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Washington to increase pressure on Moscow.
Steve Witkoff and Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, Rustem Umerov, also described the Ukrainian delegation’s meetings with American and European counterparts as “productive and constructive.”
In a joint statement, they said that a separate meeting was held to further develop President Trump’s 20-point peace plan, align positions on a multilateral security guarantee framework, and coordinate on a US security guarantee framework for Ukraine.
