Shashi Tharoor Rejects Trump’s Claim of Mediating India-Pakistan Ceasefire
Congress leader and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor on Friday refuted claims by former US President Donald Trump that the United States mediated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan following recent cross-border tensions.
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Addressing the media ahead of his US visit leading an all-party parliamentary delegation, Tharoor clarified that India did not request or engage in any third-party mediation during the escalation that followed the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
“There has been no formal process of mediation, either requested or conducted,” Tharoor said, emphasizing that India only updated global counterparts, including foreign ministers, on its counter-terrorism actions. He added that diplomatic interactions during crises are standard but should not be misconstrued as mediation.
Tharoor's remarks come in response to Trump’s statement that he played a key role in brokering a ceasefire through trade talks. Trump had earlier claimed on social media that the US helped facilitate an "immediate ceasefire" between the two nations.
The ceasefire followed India's Operation Sindoor, a military action targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The operation was launched in retaliation for a terror attack that killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam.
Meanwhile, Tharoor will lead a delegation visiting the United States, Guyana, Colombia, Panama, and Brazil to explain India’s post-Sindoor counter-terrorism approach. The delegation includes MPs across party lines and a former diplomat.
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