US President Donald Trump said seven jets killed during the Pakistani-Indian conflict in May. He took the credit to have prevented what he described as a potential nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan earlier this year.
Speaking during a White House press briefing, Trump said the situation in South Asia “raged” when fighter planes had been slaughtered during the brief war in May.
“The war with India and Pakistan was the next level which was going to be a nuclear war … They have already shot seven jets,” he told journalists. “I said,” Do you want to exchange? We do not do any job or anything with you if you continue to fight, you have 24 hours to settle it “. They said:” Well, there is no more war “.
Trump said that his use of prices and commercial pressure was decisive. “I had prices and a job, and I could say,” If you are fighting and want to kill everyone, that’s good, but I will charge you a 100% price when you exchange with us “. They all abandoned,” he said.
The president said on several occasions that he was responsible for negotiating a ceasefire on May 10, that Washington announced after what he called “a long night” of talks. Since then, he said dozens of times that he “helped to settle” tensions.
In June, an Indian defense official admitted that the country’s air force “had lost planes” on the night of May 7, after launching strikes on civil sites in Pakistan during the four -day conflict. Captain Shiv Kumar, a defense attaché of India, made recognition during an Indonesia seminar, the Indian media reported.
