India – Pakistan. Donald Trump: We stopped the nuclear conflict

US President Donald Trump argued on Monday that thanks to mediation he led to stopping the nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan. As he said, he did this, among others, threatening to suspend trade with the parties to the conflict. Meanwhile, both India and Pakistan recognize fire suspension as their victory.

– We stopped the nuclear conflict. I think it could be a terrible nuclear war. Millions of people could die. So I'm very proud of it – he said Donald Trump During a press conference on lowering the price of medicines in the White House.

The US president estimated that United States They “helped” in achieving “immediate, full and permanent” suspension of weapons and that he did, among others, with the help of threats to stop trading with both sides of the conflict.

– I said: “Come, we will trade a lot with you (…) If you stop it, we will trade. If you do not stop it, we will not trade” – reported Trump. – People have never really used trade as I can, I can tell you. And suddenly they said, “I think we'll stop.” And so they did and did it for many reasons, but trade is something great – he assessed.

Trump emphasized that US Secretary Marco Rubio and vice president JD Vance played an important role in conversations. In turn, the Indian authorities minimized the role of the US in the whole trial, while the premiere Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif praised Trump and his leadership.

Narendra Modi's Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the conflict

On Monday, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi He reported that India had killed “at least 100 terrorists”, conducting attacks on their bases in Pakistan, and the suspension of weapons is only “suspension” of armed activities. He explained that India would carefully look at Pakistan's actions, they would not tolerate nuclear blackmail, and Pakistan should get rid of “terrorist infrastructure” in his area if he wants to have peace.

Pakistan authorities have stated that they were going to keep the fire suspension. According to “The Guardian”, both sides recognized the truce as their political victory. Patriotic rallies and military parades were held in Pakistan, celebrating the achievements of the Pakistani army. In turn, in India, Rajnath Singh, the Minister of Defense, stated that “the roar of the Indian armed forces reached Rawalpindi, the headquarters of the main Pakistani army”, and the armed actions of India were “not only military action, but a symbol of the strength of Indian political, social and strategic thought.”

On May 7, India hit Pakistan's “terrorist infrastructure” and Kashmir administered by Pakistan. The India's attack was to be retaliation for the terrorist attack of April 22 in Pahalgam, in the Indian part of Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed. Pakistan claims that he has nothing to do with the terrorists who made it. In response to India's attack, the Pakistani army conducted a series of strokes for targets in India. At least 66 people were killed in mutual fire until Saturday.