‘Ask the White House’: India distances itself from Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize pitch, rejects claim of US role in de-escalating Pakistan tensions

NEW DELHI: India on Friday distanced itself from the White House’s call to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump, saying any such queries should be directed to Washington.

This came after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that Trump had brokered peace in multiple global conflicts, including between India and Pakistan.“As far as the statements of the White House are concerned, please take your question to them,” said ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal when asked about the Nobel suggestion.Leavitt had claimed that Trump had ended conflicts in regions including Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, and Rwanda-DR Congo, averaging “about one peace deal or ceasefire per month” during his presidency.India, however, reiterated that no world leader intervened during its military operation against Pakistan, now known as Operation Sindoor.“There was no leader, nobody, anywhere in the world, who asked India to stop its operations,” said external affairs minister S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in Lok Sabha, also rejected suggestions of external pressure, “No leader in the world told India to stop its operation… The Vice President of America tried to talk to me but I was in a meeting with my army.”

On broader India-US ties, Jaiswal said the strategic partnership has weathered challenges and remains strong. “We remain focused on the substantive agenda... and are confident that the relationship will continue to move forward,” he said.On India-Russia ties, Jaiswal reiterated that the partnership is “steady and time-tested” and “should not be seen from the prism of a third country.”