Trump, in his gaggle with reporters on Air Force One En Route Anchorage, said that the ceasefires he has done until now was at the behest of other nations.
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US President Donald Trump on Friday said that the ‘ceasefire’ that he got done between India and Pakistan was a favour to their army chief Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Key Points
- Donald Trump said the India-Pak ceasefire was done as a “favour” to Pakistan’s leadership.
- Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir claimed India approached the US for mediation.
- US filings suggest Pakistan intensified lobbying in Washington after Operation Sindoor.
Trump, in his gaggle with reporters on Air Force One En Route Anchorage, said that the ceasefires he has done until now was at the behest of other nations.
“We really did the ceasefire at the request of other nations. I wouldn’t have really been in favour of it, but we did it as a favour to Pakistan–terrific people, the Field Marshal and the Prime Minister,” he said.
Munir’s latest claims that India approached the United States for a ceasefire appear at odds with American lobbying disclosures showing Islamabad mounted an intense diplomatic and defence-linked outreach in Washington after India launched Operation Sindoor.
“India expressed the desire for mediation through the American leadership, which Pakistan accepted in the interest of wider regional peace,” the self-promoted Field Marshal was quoted as saying by Dawn News during a ceremony at the Pakistan Army’s general headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Sunday.
However, filings made under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), reviewed by ANI, show that between May 6 and May 9 2025, alone Pakistan logged nearly 60 interactions involving US lawmakers, congressional aides, defence-linked personnel, Treasury officials, national security advisers and journalists.
The records indicate that Islamabad was actively engaging influential political figures in Washington as India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack and carried out strikes on terrorist infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
Following the launch of Operation Sindoor, India made it clear that the operation was a tri-services response aimed at dismantling terror infrastructure across Pakistan and PoJK.
An Indian ministry of defence statement issued on the intervening night of May 6 and May 7, 2025 confirmed that the Indian Armed Forces had carried out precision strikes on nine terror-linked sites.
