New Delhi: India has refuted the recent statements made by US President Donald Trump and other senior members of his administration about the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan which was announced first by Trump from his social media account. While the US administration made several assertions about the ceasefire’s nature, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has refuted all those claims including suggestions that the US mediated during the agreement, that there were threats of trade pressure and the possibility of discussions over Kashmir.
After the Operation Sindoor, in which Indian Armed Forces hit several terror infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), after the Pahalgam terror attack which killed 26 innocent civilians. Trump was the first person to announce the ceasefire agreement and he did that through a post on Truth Social, even before India and Pakistan issued their respective statements. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also posted on the line of Trump’s announcement with both claiming that the US brokered the ceasefire to avert a potential nuclear conflict between the two neighbouring countries. Moreover, Trump suggested the US would up the ante when it comes to doing trade with both countries.
India has rejected these claims
India has rejected these claims of the US government and clarified that:
1. The ceasefire agreement was reached directly through military channels between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan. It refuted Trump’s claim of a “long night” of negotiations in which the US played the role of the mediator.
2. While Trump warned amid increasing hostilities that “millions could have died”, Randhir Jaiswal, the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said that the military response of India was confined strictly to the “conventional domain”.
3. The MEA has also denied Trump’s claim that US might increase trade ‘substantially’ with India and Pakistan and said, “No discussion on trade with US during Operation Sindoor.”
4. While Trump offered to mediate on Kashmir, India has reiterated its long-standing position and stated that any issue regarding Kashmir will be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally and the outstanding matter is the “vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan.”
5. The MEA also slammed what it described as “hyphenation”-grouping India and Pakistan together diplomatically and stated that the world knows how the Indian tourists became the victims of terrorism at Pahalgam and how Pakistan provides shelter to the terrorists. Several foreign leaders have recognised India’s right to defend itself and protect its people.
6. While US Secretary of State claimed that the ceasefire agreement agreement both countries saying yes to initiate broader discussions at a neutral venue, the MEA has refuted it by saying there is no such discussion planned. Moreover, the MEA stated that India will keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance.
