“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire,” Trump said on Truth Social, praising the two countries for “using common sense and great intelligence.”
Trump’s statement comes after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country’s military had given “a befitting response” to India.
“Today, we have given India a befitting response and avenged the blood of innocent lives,” he said in a statement issued by his office, after speaking with all political parties.
The fighting was touched off by an attack last month in the Indian-administered side of disputed Kashmir that killed 26 tourists, mostly Hindu men, which Delhi blamed on Islamabad.
India accused the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba of carrying out the attack, but Islamabad has denied any involvement and called for an independent probe. (AFP)
