US President Donald Trump has once again asserted that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, claiming that at least six to seven aircraft were shot down during the confrontation.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said, “I have solved six wars in the last six months. I am very proud of that. If you look at Pakistan and India, planes were being knocked out of the air, six or seven planes came down. They were ready to go nuclear, we solved that.”
Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian Armed Forces following a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. Indian troops carried out precise strikes on nine terror camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), delivering what New Delhi called a “decisive blow” to cross-border terrorism.
India has repeatedly denied that any third country played a role in the decision to halt operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Parliament that Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) requested a ceasefire and that India agreed only after achieving “100% of its mission objectives.”
Tensions between Washington and New Delhi have escalated in recent weeks after the Trump administration imposed a 50% tariff on all Indian imports, citing India’s purchase of Russian oil. Meanwhile, Pakistan has publicly credited Trump for stopping the conflict and even nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The US president’s comments come just a day before his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss the Ukraine conflict. Trump said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about brokering peace between Moscow and Kyiv, while acknowledging that an immediate ceasefire may be unlikely.
“We’ll see if they can get along. And if they can, it will be great,” Trump said. “If it’s a bad meeting, it’ll end very quickly. If it’s a good meeting, we could be looking at peace in the near future.”
