{"id":6310,"date":"2025-06-06T13:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:20:29","slug":"india-conflict-trump-heaps-praise-on-pakistan-for-its-very-strong-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=6310","title":{"rendered":"India conflict: Trump heaps praise on Pakistan for its &#8216;very strong leadership&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pakistan, India &#8220;well represented&#8221; in talks, says Donald Trump.<\/strong><strong>&#8220;I spoke to talented people on both sides,&#8221; remarks US president.<\/strong><strong>Recalls threatening that there&#8217;ll be no deal if conflict continued.<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has once again highlighted his role in de-escalating the recent Pakistan-India armed conflict while commending Islamabad&#8217;s leadership,&nbsp;<em>The News<\/em>&nbsp;reported on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a White House event alongside the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump recounted how Pakistan-India tensions were &#8220;getting close to being out of hand,&#8221; and said he intervened by speaking directly to leaders on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting that both sides were &#8220;well represented&#8221; in talks, he said: &#8220;The leader of India, a big guy, was here a few weeks ago and we had great talks \u2014 and Pakistan, likewise&#8221;. President Trump further added: &#8220;They have very strong leadership. Some people may not like me saying that, but it is what it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military confrontation between Pakistan and India \u2014 which included cross-border strikes by both countries \u2014 came weeks after 26 tourists were killed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s (IIOJK) Pahalgam and India falsely blamed Pakistan for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the incident, India killed several innocent civilians in unprovoked attacks on Pakistan for three days before the Pakistan Armed Forces retaliated in defence with the successful Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan downed six IAF fighter jets, including three Rafale, and dozens of drones. After at least 87 hours, the war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the US-brokered ceasefire that followed, both Islamabad and New Delhi have undertaken a diplomatic outreach initiative globally to present their respective stance on the recent clashes between the arch-rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recalling his mediation and interaction with Pakistani and Indian leadership during the skirmishes, the US president said: &#8220;I spoke to talented people on both sides. Very good people on both sides [&#8230;.] I told them we&#8217;re not going to deal with you if you go shooting each other and whipping out nuclear weapons.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And they stopped the war. Now will they give me credit? They won&#8217;t give me credit for anything. But nobody else could have stopped it. I was proud of that,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also claimed that he used the leverage of trade negotiations to pressure both countries into stepping back from the brink. &#8220;If you\u2019re not going to do that, we\u2019re not doing trade deals,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;I got that war stopped&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remarks come a day after the Kremlin confirmed that the Pakistan-India conflict also came under discussion during the telephonic conversation between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The&nbsp;Middle East was discussed, as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;the&nbsp;armed conflict between India and&nbsp;Pakistan, which has been halted with the&nbsp;personal involvement of&nbsp;President Trump,&#8221; Russian president&#8217;s aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Pakistan, former foreign minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardar is leading a nine-member high-level parliamentary delegation across several countries to present to the world Pakistan\u2019s stance on the recent military confrontation with India and to challenge New Delhi\u2019s narrative at the international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the parliamentary delegation include Hina Rabbani Khar, Sherry Rehman, Dr Musadik Malik, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Jalil Abbas Jilani, Tehmina Janjua, Bushra Anjum Butt and Syed Faisal Subzwari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking during an interview with&nbsp;<em>Bloomberg<\/em>&nbsp;a day earlier, Bilawal said that New Delhi\u2019s move presented a new danger in future clashes, adding: &#8220;Now we then have about 30 seconds time to decide, off a grainy little image, this nuclear-capable missile \u2014 is it armed with a nuclear weapon? And how do we respond?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India had lowered the threshold for future military action between the nuclear-armed neighbours, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan, India &#8220;well represented&#8221; in talks, says Donald Trump.&#8220;I spoke to talented people on both sides,&#8221; remarks US president.Recalls threatening that there&#8217;ll be no deal if conflict continued. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has once again highlighted his role in de-escalating the recent Pakistan-India armed conflict while commending Islamabad&#8217;s leadership,&nbsp;The News&nbsp;reported on Friday. 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