Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has publicly refuted repeated assertions by US President Donald Trump that he played a pivotal role in brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during a recent military conflict in May. Jaishankar’s statements, delivered before India’s lower house of Parliament on July 28, directly contradict Trump’s boasts of facilitating peace through trade incentives and diplomatic pressure.

The confrontation, known as Operation Sindoor, followed a deadly terrorist attack on April 22 in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, prompting India to carry out a limited but intense military operation across the Line of Control (LoC) against alleged militant camps in Pakistan-occupied territory. The conflict spanned from May 7 to May 10 and ended in a formal ceasefire announced by both governments shortly afterward.

During this time, Trump claimed on multiple occasions, including through his Truth Social platform and public speeches, that he intervened personally to stop the escalation. According to Trump, he made urgent calls to leaders in both countries and threatened to revoke trade access to the US market unless the two sides agreed to halt hostilities.

“They’re both powerful nuclear nations and that would have happened,” Trump said in a speech earlier this month, alluding to the possibility of nuclear war. “I called them and said, listen, no more trade. If you do this, you’re not going to be good… And then they stopped.”

But Jaishankar dismissed these claims in Parliament, stating clearly that “at no stage in any conversation with the United States was there any linkage with trade and what was going on.” He further clarified that........

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