'Pakistani army sent message': Jaishankar counters Trump's claims, reveals what led to India-Pakistan ceasefire | India News

NEW DELHI: External affairs curate S Jaishankar has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump's claims of brokering bid betwixt India and Pakistan, asserting that the caller cessation of hostilities was achieved done nonstop connection betwixt the 2 nations.In an interrogation with Netherlands-based NOS, Jaishankar elaborate however the de-escalation really occurred. "Yes, we person a mechanics to speech to each different arsenic a hotline. So, connected the 10th of May, it was the Pakistani service which sent a connection that they were acceptable to halt firing, and we responded accordingly."This came aft India launched "Operation Sindoor," successful effect to the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack that claimed 26 civilian lives. While acknowledging that assorted countries, including the US, reached retired during the crisis, Jaishankar affirmed that the existent solution was bilateral.

"Well, the US was successful the United States. Obviously, US Secretary of State Rubio and Vice President Vance had called up, Rubio had spoken to me, Vance had spoken to our Prime Minister, they had their presumption and they were talking to america and they were talking to Pakistani broadside arsenic so were immoderate different countries. There were immoderate countries successful the Gulf, determination were immoderate others arsenic well," Jaishankar said."That happens naturally, erstwhile we cognize erstwhile 2 countries are engaged successful a conflict, it is earthy that the countries successful the satellite telephone up, benignant of bespeak their interest and what they tin bash successful specified a concern but the cessation of firing and subject enactment was thing which was negotiated straight betwixt India and Pakistan.

We made 1 happening precise wide to everybody who spoke to us, not conscionable the United States, but to everyone, saying look if the Pakistani privation to halt the firing, they request to archer us, we request to perceive it from them, their wide has to telephone our wide and accidental this and that is what happened," helium added.Earlier today, Trump erstwhile again claimed recognition for brokering India and Pakistan ceasefire stating that helium "settled it done trade"."If you instrumentality a look astatine what we conscionable did with Pakistan and India, we settled that full thing, and I deliberation I settled it done trade. We're doing a large woody with India. We're doing a large woody with Pakistan... You cognize idiosyncratic had to beryllium the past 1 to shoot, but the shooting was getting worse and worse, bigger and bigger, deeper and deeper into the country. We spoke to them and...we got it settled, and past 2 days aboriginal thing happened, and they said it was Trump's fault, but Pakistan has immoderate fantabulous radical and immoderate truly bully leaders and India is my friend.

.. Modi, he's a large guy," Trump said.During the interview, Jaishankar besides outlined the Modi government's steadfast stance connected terrorism. "Our authorities has been precise clear. Okay, I judge that whitethorn not beryllium the argumentation of the earlier government. But, our authorities is precise clear, if determination is specified an attack, determination volition beryllium response. The effect was there, the effect targeted these 9 places, wherever the violent centres, arsenic I said, they are all, the places are each shown successful the UN list, I mean this is wherever the terrorists enactment and unrecorded and run from," the EAM said."After that, the Pakistani subject chose to occurrence connected america and we responded, this went connected 4 days and aft that, the decisive time was the 10th of May. On the greeting of 10th May, successful effect to an onslaught which they had launched connected america earlier that morning, we had deed 8 airbases. We fundamentally made these bases non-functional, you know, we deed their runways, we deed their bid centres," helium added.On May 7 India launched 'Operation Sindoor' targeting 9 panic sites successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, eliminating implicit 100 terrorists from assorted groups including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen.

Pakistan's consequent retaliation led to crossborder shelling and attempted drone attacks, earlier some nations reached an knowing connected May 10.Jaishankar asserted that portion progressive hostilities person ceased, Operation Sindoor's strategical connection remains: "The cognition continues due to the fact that determination is simply a wide connection successful that operation, that if determination are acts of the benignant we saw connected April 22nd, determination volition beryllium a response, we volition deed the terrorists. If the terrorists are successful Pakistan, we volition deed them wherever they are."(With ANI inputs)