India’s International Secretary Vikram Misri holds a press briefing at Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi, India, Could 10, 2025.
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India and Pakistan have agreed to an “instant ceasefire,” President Donald Trump mentioned Saturday, following days of rising tensions and preventing between the 2 nations.
“After a protracted evening of talks mediated by the US, I’m happy to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE,” Trump wrote on Fact Social.
Pakistani and Indian leaders confirmed the ceasefire settlement however contradicted Trump’s claims that the deal was brokered by the U.S.
An Indian overseas ministry official mentioned the deal was “labored out straight between the 2 nations,” in accordance with the New York Occasions.
The ceasefire announcement got here hours after preventing continued to escalate on Saturday, with each nations launching continued army operations in opposition to one another.
World leaders urged the 2 nuclear-armed nations to interact in dialogue to de-escalate tensions as preventing continued for a number of days.
“Pakistan has at all times strived for peace and safety within the area, with out compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!” Pakistan’s International Minister Ishaq Dar wrote on X on Saturday.
Dar’s assertion didn’t embrace point out of U.S. involvement within the ceasefire settlement.
Indian International Minister S. Jaishankar additionally didn’t point out the position of the U.S. in a press release confirming the ceasefire and mentioned that “India has persistently maintained a agency and uncompromising stance in opposition to terrorism in all its varieties and manifestations.”
“It’s going to proceed to take action,” Jaishankar wrote on X.
The ceasefire will start at 5pm native time, Indian International Secretary Vikram Misri mentioned Saturday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned that the 2 nations agreed “to begin talks on a broad set of points at a impartial web site.”
Indian or Pakistani officers haven’t publicly confirmed that they’ve agreed to such talks.
Jaishankar mentioned he did communicate with Rubio Saturday morning, however didn’t element U.S. involvement within the ceasefire deal talks.
Rubio mentioned that Vice President JD Vance met with leaders of the 2 nations over the past two days.
The secretary of state lauded the 2 nations’ prime ministers “on their knowledge, prudence, and statesmanship in selecting the trail of peace.”
