India’s Modi maintains there was no US mediation in Pakistan ceasefire

Donald Trump had said past period that the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a ceasefire aft talks mediated by the US.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it wide to United States President Donald Trump that a ceasefire betwixt India and Pakistan aft a four-day conflict successful May was achieved done talks betwixt the 2 militaries and not US mediation, a apical diplomat successful New Delhi says.

“PM Modi told President Trump intelligibly that during this period, determination was nary speech astatine immoderate signifier connected subjects similar India-U.S. commercialized woody oregon US mediation betwixt India and Pakistan,” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said successful a property connection connected Wednesday.

“Talks for ceasing subject enactment happened straight betwixt India and Pakistan done existing subject channels, and connected the insistence of Pakistan. Prime Minister Modi emphasised that India has not accepted mediation successful the past and volition ne'er do,” helium said.

Misri said the 2 leaders spoke implicit the telephone precocious connected Tuesday connected Trump’s insistence aft the 2 leaders were incapable to conscionable connected the sidelines of the G7 acme successful Canada, which Modi attended arsenic a guest. The telephone lasted 35 minutes.

Trump had said past period that the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours agreed to the ceasefire aft talks mediated by the US, and that the hostilities ended aft helium urged the countries to absorption connected commercialized alternatively of war.

There was nary contiguous remark from the White House connected the Modi-Trump call.

Pakistan has antecedently said the ceasefire was agreed aft its subject returned a telephone the Indian subject had initiated connected May 7.

In an interview with Al Jazeera successful May, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar rejected claims that Washington mediated the truce and insisted Islamabad acted independently.

The struggle betwixt India and Pakistan was triggered by an April 22 onslaught successful Pahalgam, successful Indian-administered Kashmir, successful which 26 civilians, astir each tourists, were killed. India blamed equipped groups allegedly backed by Pakistan, a complaint Islamabad denied.

On May 7, India launched rocket strikes astatine aggregate sites successful Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Over the adjacent 3 days, the 2 countries exchanged artillery and aerial raids, hitting each other’s airbases.

Pakistan said astatine slightest 51 people, including 11 soldiers and respective children, were killed successful Indian attacks.

India’s subject said astatine slightest 5 members of the equipped forces were killed successful Operation Sindoor, nether which it launched the cross-border strikes.

Misri said Trump expressed his enactment for India’s combat against “terrorism” and that Modi told him Operation Sindoor was inactive on.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies