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India rejects Trump’s claim he ended Pakistan conflict: ‘baseless’
Defence chief Rajnath Singh said India halted its military operation because its ‘political and military objectives’ were fully achieved
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India’s defence minister said on Monday that New Delhi had ended its military conflict with Pakistan in May as it had met all its objectives and had not responded to pressure, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s claim that he brokered the truce.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was speaking at the opening of a discussion in parliament on the April 22 attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir, in which 26 men were killed.
The attack led to a fierce, four-day military conflict with Pakistan in May, the worst between the nuclear-armed neighbours in nearly three decades.
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“India halted its operation because all the political and military objectives studied before and during the conflict had been fully achieved,” Singh said.
“To suggest that the operation was called off under pressure is baseless and entirely incorrect,” he said.
Singh’s comments came as the Indian Army said that it had killed three men in an intense gun battle in Indian Kashmir on Monday.
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