India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri sarcastically dismisses Trump’s claim of intervention, says no permission was granted Trump to meddle and calls his claim mere self-promotion
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has recently sought to clarify India’s stance on the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, insisting it was purely a bilateral affair with no external mediation. Speaking to a parliamentary committee, Misri was explicit in rejecting claims made by former US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly boasted about his role in brokering peace between the two neighbors.
India’s Foreign Secretary dismissed Trump’s assertions, describing them as unilateral attempts to insert himself into a delicate situation without India’s consent. In his briefing, Misri emphasized that no permission was granted to Trump for any intervention, portraying the former president’s claims as little more than self-promotion. By framing the ceasefire as an exclusively bilateral matter, India effectively avoids accountability and deflects attention from the unresolved grievances that continue to plague Kashmir.
Further, Misri downplayed concerns about nuclear threats from Pakistan during periods of heightened tension, insisting there was no evidence of any such signals from Islamabad. This claim attempts to cast the conflict in terms of conventional military engagement, steering the narrative away from the very real fears of escalation that the international community often highlights.
While India insists on its sole agency in achieving the ceasefire, the repeated public assertions by Trump — made on at least seven occasions — suggest a disconnect between political rhetoric and diplomatic realities. India’s reluctance to acknowledge any role for outside mediation could be interpreted as a reluctance to admit that its approach to Kashmir is deeply flawed and incapable of delivering lasting peace.
The Indian official dismissal of any external facilitation does not merely challenge Trump’s narrative; it also reveals a persistent unwillingness on India’s part to engage with international actors to trigger constructive approach to resolve Kashmir issue. Diplomatically, India has ditched Trump as he kept claiming that the ceasefire was brokered by him. The entire world stunned on India’s attempt to insult Trump by denying any involvement of US or President Trump to reach the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
