Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Despite India’s repudiation of the mediation claim, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated and elaborated on his earlier statements on brokering ceasefire.

While delivering a speech at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Trump said that his administration brought about a “historic ceasefire” between India and Pakistan in the recent developments following Operation Sindoor. “Just days ago, my administration successfully brokered a historic ceasefire to stop the escalating violence between India and Pakistan and I used trade to a large extent to do it. I said, fellows let us do some trade. Let us not trade nuclear missiles,” US President said in the speech.

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“I think it could have been a bad nuclear war. Millions of people could have been killed. So I’m very proud of that,” he added. He also lauded US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Vice President JD Vance for their role in brokering the ceasefire.