SRINAGAR: US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his claims of preventing wars across the globe, including between India and Pakistan, after his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to New York Times report.
Trump’s remarks came just hours after his meeting with Russian counterpart Putin ended without any breakthrough on halting war in Ukraine.
In an interview on the Fox News, “Number one, to save lives in all cases. Cause wars are wars. See what would have happened with Cambodia as an example. I was involved with negotiating a trade,” Trump said.
“Take a look at India and Pakistan. They were shooting down airplanes already. And that would have been maybe nuclear. I would have said it was gonna get nuclear, but I was able to get it done. Number one is lives, number two is everything else,” Trump added.
He then claimed that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan would not have been possible without his involvement, a claim India has repeatedly denied.
Meanwhile India has also repeatedly rejected Trump’s comments on the war with Pakistan. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently informed Parliament that the understanding with Pakistan was reached directly through talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs), without any US involvement.
