Is Trump Really Behind India-Pakistan Ceasefire? EAM Jaishankar Clarifies Days After Mediation

In a large construction days after the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has denied the declare made by way of US President Donald Trump that he performed a job in mediating a ceasefire between the 2 international locations and asserted that the working out reached was once a results of direct discussion between the 2 international locations with none third-party intervention.

Speaking at the topic within the Netherlands right through a media interview, EAM Jaishankar stated, “This is something that only India and Pakistan need to settle directly.” He underscored that New Delhi is open to discussion with Islamabad, however best underneath critical phrases that prioritise an finish to cross-border terrorism. “We are always ready to talk, but the talks must be serious and should focus on stopping terrorism,” he added.

The feedback from the EAM come in keeping with Trump’s previous remarks, the place the United States President claimed that Washington had helped dealer peace in what he described as a “thousand-year conflict” between the 2 South Asian international locations.

India has, then again, been constant in keeping up that the Kashmir factor and similar tensions are bilateral issues and don’t require exterior mediation. In a contemporary interview, Jaishankar elaborated at the historic complexities of the India-Pakistan dating, which dates again to the Partition in 1947.

He mentioned that Pakistan’s development of hostility started when it despatched combatants disguised as tribal militias into Kashmir, combatants who had been later recognized as Pakistani squaddies, some in uniform and a few now not. “Over many years, Pakistan has followed a path of extremism and has used terrorism across the border to put pressure on India,” Jaishankar remarked.

Tensions between the 2 neighbouring international locations witnessed contemporary escalation once more following a perilous terrorist assault in Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed the lives of 26 other folks, together with one Nepali nationwide.

In reaction to the dastardly terror assault, India introduced ‘Operation Sindoor’, a precision counter-terror strike concentrated on 9 key terror hubs throughout Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Over 100 terrorists affiliated with infamous outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen had been neutralised within the operation.

(With company Inputs)