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When asked to give an insight into what happened behind the scenes, Trump said, “Well, I didn’t like what was happening. And you know, they’re two very strongly nuclear countries, with very, very powerful amounts of nuclear, too, serious stuff. And if that ever started, boy, that’s the beginning of something that could be really bad. Even a minimal minimum, you could have millions of people killed and with one shot, two shots. And I just thought it was something we could get involved in,” he said.
“And I did a good job. (Secretary of State) Marco (Rubio) did a good job, and (Vice President) J D (Vance) did a good job. We sort of were a team. And we, I think, convinced them to have peace and make trade deals. If we can make trade deals, we like that much better than nuclear weapons. And that was a great thing.”
Hours earlier, addressing a high-level audience at the Saudi-US investment forum in Riyadh, Trump said he doesn’t like war and wants to be a peacemaker and unifier.
With Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the audience, along with senior members of the Saudi and American governments, Trump said, “Just days ago, my administration successfully brokered a historic ceasefire to stop the escalating violence between India and Pakistan. And I used trade to a large extent to do it. And I said, Fellows, come on. Let’s make a deal. Let’s do some trading.”
Sitting in the audience were billionaire Elon Musk, Rubio and other senior members of the Trump administration as well as the Saudi leadership.
“Let’s not trade nuclear missiles. Let’s trade the things that you make so beautifully. And they both have very powerful leaders, very strong leaders, good leaders, smart leaders. And it all stopped. Hopefully, it’ll remain that way, but it all stopped,” Trump said.
India carried out precision strikes under ‘Operation Sindoor’ on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
Following the Indian action, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10.
The two countries reached an understanding on Saturday, May 10.
On Saturday, Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ‘full and immediate ceasefire’ after a long night of talks mediated by the United States.
Later, in a post on Truth Social, Trump offered to work with India and Pakistan for a solution on Kashmir, while crediting Washington for helping the two nations arrive at the historic and heroic decision of stopping the conflict.
India has always maintained that the Kashmir issue is a bilateral matter with Pakistan, and there is no space for any third party.
India asserts that the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh are and always will be integral and inalienable parts of it.
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