Description: New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): India has swiftly rebutted US President Donald Trump's claim that trade was a factor in the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, according to the sources. "After Operation Sindoor commenced, US Vice President JD Vance spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 8 and May 10 and with the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on May 10, and there were no discussions on trade,” sources confirmed on Monday. Trump's assertion that he would increase trade "substantially" with both nations after the cessation of hostilities has sparked a debate. Earlier, while addressing a press conference with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Trump claimed that his administration played a crucial role in brokering an immediate cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, following escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
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00:00I said, come on, we're going to do a lot of trade with you guys.
00:03Let's stop it. Let's stop it.
00:06If you stop it, we're doing trade.
00:08If you don't stop it, we're not going to do any trade.
00:11People have never really used trade the way I used it.
00:13That I can tell you.
00:15And all of a sudden they said, I think we're going to stop.
00:30...on the speed of these actions...
00:55...on the speed of these actions...
00:58...nations with lots of nuclear weapons.
01:01And...
01:28...on the speed of these actions...
01:33...on the speed of these vaccines...
01:36...on the speed of these actions...
01:37...office and Americans...
01:41On Saturday, my administration helped broker a full and immediate ceasefire, I think a
02:02permanent one, between India and Pakistan, ending a dangerous conflict of two nations
02:09with lots of nuclear weapons.
02:12And they were going at it hot and heavy, and it was seemingly not going to stop.
02:17And I'm very proud to let you know that the leadership of India and Pakistan was unwavering
02:26powerful, but unwavering in both cases, and having these, they really were from the standpoint
02:34of having the strength and the wisdom and fortitude to fully know and to understand the
02:38gravity of the situation.
02:41And we helped a lot.
02:45And we helped also with trade.
02:46I said, come on, we're going to do a lot of trade with you guys.
02:50Let's stop it.
02:51Let's stop it.
02:52If you stop it, we're doing trade.
02:54If you don't stop it, we're not going to do any trade.
02:57People have never really used trade the way I used it, that I can tell you.
03:01And all of a sudden they said, I think we're going to stop.
03:04And they have.
03:05And they did it for a lot of reasons.
03:08But trade is a big one.
03:10We're going to do a lot of trade with Pakistan.
03:13We're going to do a lot of trade with India.
03:14We're negotiating with India right now.
03:16We're going to be soon negotiating with Pakistan.
03:19And we stopped the nuclear conflict.
03:21I think it would have, it could have been a bad nuclear war.
03:25Millions of people could have been killed.
03:26So I'm very proud of that.
03:27And I also want to thank Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Rubio for their work
03:34and efforts.
03:35They worked very hard on that.