The president of the United States, Donald Trump, once again claimed the credit on Tuesday for ending the conflict between India and Pakistan, saying that his threat of extremely high tariffs was essential to reach a high fire agreement.
By participating yesterday in a cabinet meeting at the White House, the president of the United States reiterated the statement that his intervention was directly responsible for the end of the conflict.
“India and Pakistan would end up in a nuclear war if he did not stop them,” he said, adding: “I saw that seven planes were demolished … $ 150 million were demolished; seven, perhaps more than that, they did not even report the real number.”
Trump added that he had spoken with India and Pakistan at the time of the conflict, asking them what was happening between them.
“Hate was tremendous,” he said, saying that the conflict had been happening, “sometimes with different names,” for hundreds of years.
Without specifying if he had been talking to India or Pakistan, the president said he had refused to make a commercial agreement if the two countries ended in a nuclear war, which had proven to be fundamental.
“I said: ‘Call me tomorrow, but we are not going to make any agreement with you,” said Trump, “or … let’s wear such high rates, I don’t care, your head will turn. You won’t end in a war.” In approximately five hours, it was done. “
Referring to the possibility that the conflict can start again, he said: “I don’t think so, but I will stop it if we do not let these things happen.”
Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for ending the conflict between India and Pakistan, while also regularly threatens tariffs pronounced in countries that, including hiking rates in India, 50 percent to continue buying Russian crude oil, a measure that entered into force today.
India has denied the statement that the president of the United States was responsible for negotiating the ceasefire through commercial threats. India has publicly expressed frustration for what he sees how the growing tendency of the Trump administration to insert in the affairs of India-Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Pakistan acclaimed the measure, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by praising Trump for his “leadership and proactive role” to help Pakistan and India achieve peace in the region.
