US President Donald Trump has once again claimed to stop the war between India and Pakistan. He said that seven aircraft were shot down in the firing between the two countries, but he did not say which country they belonged to.
In an interview with ‘Fox’ News on Sunday, Trump claimed that the ‘threat of tariffs’ forced India and Pakistan to stop the war.
The US President said, “The threat of tariffs stopped India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries, from going to war. They were at war. Seven planes were shot down; this is a very big thing. There could have been a nuclear war between the two.”
Trump said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has praised him for saving the lives of millions of people. “The Prime Minister of Pakistan actually said recently that Donald Trump, President Trump, saved millions of lives by doing this,” he said.
The US President said that he had threatened to impose 200 percent tariff on India and Pakistan, due to which he had to stop the war.
Trump said he told both countries, “We will impose 200 percent tariffs, which will make it impossible for you to make a deal, and we will not trade with you.” The US President said, “24 hours later, I stopped the war.”
Trump had announced on social media on May 10 that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “complete and immediate” ceasefire after lengthy US-brokered talks. Since then he has claimed dozens of times that he helped stop the conflict between India and Pakistan.
India has consistently maintained that the ceasefire with Pakistan was agreed upon after direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two armies.
India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, targeting terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 26 people were killed in the Pahalgam attack.
After four days of clashes, India and Pakistan agreed to end the conflict on 10 May.