War between India, Pakistan was probably going to end up nuclear: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent war between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict reported news agency PTIHe also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan was probably going to end up in a nuclear warWe stopped wars between India and Pakistan the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda he said at a reception in the White House with the Congress members reported PTIThey shot down five planes and it was back and forth back and forth back and forth I called them and said Listen no more trade If you do this youre not going to be good Theyre both powerful nuclear nations and that would have happened and who knows where that would have ended up And I stopped it he added reported PTITrump claimed the US took out Irans entire nuclear capability and also stopped the conflict between Kosovo and SerbiaAnd a couple of others that we didnt stop a war but we stopped what probably could have ended up in a war We do that on the House as compliments of America Okay do you think former US President Joe Biden would do that I dont think so Do you think he ever heard of any of those countries I dont think so Trump said reported PTITrump who has repeatedly said that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan through trade last Friday said for the first time that five jets were shot down during the fightingYou had India Pakistan that was going in fact planes were being shot out of the air five five four or five But I think five jets were shot down actually that was getting worse and worse wasnt it That was looking like it was going to go these are two serious nuclear countries and they were hitting each other he had said at the White House in his remarks made during a dinner that he hosted for the Republican senators reported PTIMeanwhile Acting US Representative Ambassador Dorothy Shea said at an open debate in the UN Security Council on Tuesday on Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes held under Pakistans presidency of the Council that across the globe the United States continues to work with parties to disputes wherever possible to find peaceful solutionsWith Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar presiding over the Council meeting Shea said that in the past three months alone we have seen the US leadership deliver deescalations between Israel and Iran between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda and between India and PakistanThe United States under President Trumps leadership played an important role in encouraging the parties to reach these resolutions which we applaud and support Shea said reported PTIAmbassador Parvathaneni Harish Indias Permanent Representative to the UN in his statement in the UNSC chamber spoke about the Pahalgam terror attack for which The Resistance Front a front for Pakistanbased terror organization LashkareTayyiba had claimed responsibilityHarish emphasized that there should be a iquestserious costiquest to states who violate the spirit of good neighbourliness and international relations by fomenting crossborder terrorism reported PTIHe said that India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Jammu and Kashmir consequent to the gruesome terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 that led to the killing of 26 innocent tourists and based on the April 25 UNSC statementIn the UNSC statement the Council members had underlined the need to hold perpetrators organizers financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justiceHarish emphasised that Indias response was focused measured and nonescalatory in natureOn achieving its primary objectives a cessation of military activities was directly concluded at the request of Pakistan he saidSince May 10 when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire after a long night of talks mediated by Washington he has repeated his claim several times on various occasions that he helped settle the tensions and that he told the nucleararmed South Asian neighbours that America will do a lot of trade with them if they stopped the conflict reported PTIPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders Summit in Kananaskis Canada in June but the US president returned to Washington earlyBefore departing Kananaskis and wrapping up his first visit to Canada in a decade PM Modi had a 35minute telephonic conversation with Trump in WashingtonForeign Secretary Vikram Misri had said in a video message from Kananaskis that Modi clearly conveyed to Trump that at iquestno pointiquest during the days following Operation Sindoor was there any discussion at any level on an IndiaUS trade deal or any proposal for mediation by the US between India and PakistanAsserting Prime Minister Modi firmly stated that India does not and will never accept mediation Misri had said the discussion to cease military action took place directly between India and Pakistan through the existing channels of communication between the two armed forces and it was initiated at Pakistans requestThe US has designated The Resistance Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization FTO and Specially Designated Global Terrorist SDGTThe State Department said these actions taken by it against The Resistance Front demonstrates the Trump administrations commitment to protecting our national security interests countering terrorism and enforcing President Trumps call for justice for the Pahalgam attackWith inputs from PTI