US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for stopping the recent conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating the statement during his address to world leaders at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
“Likewise, in a period of just seven months, I have ended seven unendable wars. They said they were unendable… Some were going for 31 years. One was 36 years, one was 28 years,” Trump said. Listing conflicts, he added, “This includes Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda, a vicious, violent war that was, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
Since May 10, when Trump first announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after what he described as a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim nearly 50 times.
India, however, has strongly rejected these statements. New Delhi maintains that the ceasefire understanding after Operation Sindoor came through direct talks between the military leadership of India and Pakistan. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said categorically that “there was no third-party intervention,” while Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Parliament that no foreign leader had asked India to stop the operation.
Operation Sindoor was launched by India on May 7 in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians. The strikes, “which targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir”, led to four days of intense cross-border missile and drone exchanges before both sides agreed to halt hostilities on May 10.
