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    COVER STORY                                                              JUNE 27, 2025     |  The Indian Eye                    4

                                                 INDIA-US RELATIONS

               AMBIGUITY OR

                        CONFUSION?

                    As Donald Trump claims brokering peace between India and Pakistan and
                welcomes Pakistan’s Army Chief to the White House, India watches cautiously,

                      reiterating its steadfast opposition to third-party mediation in Kashmir

            OUR BUREAU
            Washington, DC / New Delhi / Islamabad
                  .S. President Donald Trump
                  is once again at the center of
            Udiplomatic chatter after his
            repeated assertions that he helped
            “bring about a ceasefire” between In-
            dia and Pakistan — a claim New Delhi
            views as both inaccurate and poten-
            tially damaging. Adding a new layer
            of complexity, Trump recently hosted
            Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Asim
            Munir, at the White House, a meeting
            seen by some in India as an alarming
            overture to Rawalpindi’s military es-
            tablishment.
                These developments, which un-
            fold as Trump campaigns for a return
            to the White House in 2025, have re-
            ignited tensions around the sensitive
            issue of Kashmir, foreign mediation,
            and the evolving triangular relation-
            ship between Washington, New Delhi,
            and Islamabad.

                Trump’s Ceasefire Claim

                   n multiple occasions in recent    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump at their last meeting at the White House in Washington, DC
                   weeks, Trump has claimed                                         in February this year (Reuters/ANI)
            Othat he played a pivotal role
            in preventing war between India and  ceasefire, which was a direct outcome   taries.”                 Pakistan. That stance was made crystal
            Pakistan during his presidency. While  of military-level talks between the   Still, Trump’s repeated references   clear by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
            he has never provided concrete time-  Directors General of Military Oper-  to a ceasefire raise concerns in India   during his interactions with Trump.
            lines or specifics, he has insisted that  ations (DGMOs) of India and Paki-  about the resurrection of third-party   Modi is understood to have per-
            his “personal relationship with Modi”  stan — with no external mediation   mediation rhetoric — a red line for   sonally conveyed to Trump that India
            and his communication with both  involved.                          Indian foreign policy since the Simla   does not welcome any third-party in-
            sides helped broker a ceasefire.      “This is not the first time Trump   Agreement of 1972.          volvement in India-Pakistan issues,
                The former president’s remarks  has overstated his diplomatic achieve-                            emphasizing the country’s position
            have raised eyebrows in New Delhi,  ments,” said a former Indian ambas-  Modi’s Clear Message         that such matters must be resolved bi-
            where officials insist no such Ameri-  sador. “There was no U.S. mediation,                           laterally.
            can-brokered deal ever occurred. In-  formal or informal. The ceasefire was   ndia has consistently and publicly   A senior Indian official who was
            dian diplomats point to the 2021 reaf-  an agreement reached bilaterally be-  rejected any suggestion of medi-  privy to some of the discussions stated:
            firmation of the 2003 Line of Control  tween the Indian and Pakistani mili-  Iation in its bilateral disputes with   Continued on next page... >>

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