Donald Trump revives India-Pak ceasefire demand, says ’11 planes were shot down’ | Today’s news
president of the usa Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated his claim that he played a role in preventing a wider conflict between India and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, Trump said the military confrontation could have turned “nuclear,” adding that “11 planes were shot down” during the hostilities. He claimed that his intervention deserved to be recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Hindustan Times.
Trump said the conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbors was quickly escalating before he intervened, which India has repeatedly denied. HT reported. “Think about it, India and Pakistan. That war was raging. They were a week into it. 11 planes were shot down and that war was going to be nuclear,” Trump said.
He claimed that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had praised him for what he described as his role in “stopping the war”.
“The Prime Minister of Pakistan said that President Trump saved 30 to 50 million lives. Well, guess what? It could have been a lot more,” he said. HT.
Donald Trump is linking the demand for a ceasefire with the Nobel Peace Prize
During the interaction, Trump further claimed to have “settled eight wars”, citing disputes including those between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, HT reported.
According to the publication, Trump said that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has said publicly that she deserves the award more than anyone else for her international efforts to resolve the conflict.
“I should have won the award more than anyone who has ever won the Nobel Peace Prize because no one has solved wars. I settled eight of them because of a certain type of personality. I was able to settle down,” Trump said.
Trump repeated his claims about India and Pakistan, saying he had warned both countries that continued fighting would require severe economic sanctions.
“I said if you continue to fight, I will put a 200% tariff on your country. I said the same to the other. I did it with India and with Pakistan,” he said.
India has repeatedly rejected requests for mediation
India has consistently denied these claims. India maintains that the agreement to cease military action was reached solely through direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan, without any third party mediation.
The tension followed the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in April 2025 in which 26 people were killed. In response, India launched precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor.
