'Donald Trump Secured India-Pakistan Ceasefire': White House Repeats Peace Mediation Claims

Last Updated:July 24, 2025, 06:56 IST

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that President Trump brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan as part of his global peacemaking efforts.

A file photo of US President Donald Trump (AP)

US President Donald Trump brokered multiple peace agreements to end wars, including between India and Pakistan, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Wednesday.

Speaking at the White House, Leavitt said, “President Trump has restored America’s standing on the world stage, brought back peace through strength, and brokered numerous peace agreements to end wars."

“Again, all of this in just six months."

“He obliterated Iran’s nuclear program to end the war between Israel and Iran, got NATO members to raise their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, and secured a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, as well as brokering a historic agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo," Leavitt claimed.

“The President has already received three different Nobel Peace Prize nominations for his peacemaking efforts. Again, all of this progress, all of these accomplishments have occurred in just six months. We are truly just getting started," she added.

Trump, who has repeatedly said that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan through trade, on July 18, said for the first time that five jets were shot down during the fighting.

“You had India, Pakistan, that was going in fact, planes were being shot out of the air, five, five, four or five. But I think five jets were shot down actually, that was getting worse and worse, wasn’t it? That was looking like it was going to go, these are two serious nuclear countries and they were hitting each other," he had said at the White House in his remarks made during a dinner that he hosted for the Republican senators.

On May 10, Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire after a long night of talks mediated by Washington.

Since then, he has repeated his claim on several occasions.

However, India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries.

In a nearly 35-minute phone call with Trump last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmly stated that India does not and will “never accept" mediation.

PM Modi also told Trump that the discussions between the Indian and Pakistani militaries on cessation of military actions were initiated at Islamabad’s request.

Vani Mehrotra

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

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