US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his claim that it was the United States that helped broker a "Historic Ceasefire" between India and Pakistan, a claim India has denied.
Speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh, Trump said he had offered trade incentives to both India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions. "I said let’s do some trade," Trump said." He further said, "They both have very powerful leaders, strong leaders, good leaders, smart leaders."
"It all stopped, hopefully it will remain that way," he added. Trump then thanked US secretary of state Maro Rubio and Vice President JD Vance. He further said,"India, Pakistan are getting along, & they can have a nice dinner. Millions of people could have died due to the conflict."
Earlier in the day, India refuted US President Donald Trump's claim that he forced India and Pakistan to stop the military action against each other by threatening not to do trade with them if they continued to escalate the situation.
In a press conference on Tuesday, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reacted to Donald Trump's claim and said that the issue of trade did not come up in discussions with the US regarding Operation Sindoor.
US President Donald Trump opened his four-day Middle East trip on Tuesday by paying a visit to Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for talks on US efforts to dismantle Iran's nuclear programme, end the war in Gaza, hold down oil prices and more.
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday signed a $142bn (£107bn) defence agreement, the largest defence agreements in the history. The US will provide "state-of-the-art warfighting equipment" to Saudi Arabia, who will in turn invest $20bn (£15bn) in artificial intelligence in the US, as part of the pact. The US president is on his first leg of a major diplomatic four-day tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE.
