Watch: The US closed the Pakistani reporter, who accused PM Modi of ‘welcoming’ ceasefire
A Pakistani journalist faced a sharp rebellion from the US State Department official after an attempt to question Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on the de-siscality talks between India and Pakistan. During a briefing on Wednesday, the Pakistani journalist depicted former US President Donald Trump as a peace broker at the India-Pakistan standoff and claimed that India, especially PM Modi did not welcome Trump’s alleged ceasefire efforts.“Pakistan welcomed President Trump’s efforts to bring a ceasefire between Pakistan and India, and believes that President Trump could win a Nobel Peace Prize to bring peace between Pakistan and India on the issue of Kashmir. But Prime Minister Modi did not welcome this effort … Does it disappoint this building, Narendra Modi’s attitude of not welcoming this peace agreement, “Reporter asked US State Department chief Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigot.Bypassing the pointed Query, Pigot insisted that the US focused on maintaining the ceasefire. He said, “This is what we are happy to see. This is the place where our attention remains. And we want to maintain a ceasefire, and we want to encourage direct communication. This is our attention here. Our focus is the ceasefire,” he said. Pigot reiterated that both India and Pakistan should maintain direct communication and chase peace.While Trump has repeatedly claimed that his administration provided the India-Pakistan ceasefire facility, India claimed that it was the Director General of Military Operations of Pakistan (DGMO) who reached his Indian counterpart in search of a trusteer operated after the Indian strike.
Trump’s Nobel Prize for PossibilityResponding to the reporter’s claim that Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in reducing India-Pakistan tension, Pigot described Trump as a “peaceids”.“He is a peacemaker. He gives importance to peace. He is also a merchant, and he has shown that in the case of repeatedly chasing the first agenda of America, but wants to chase peace and look at peace and conflicts,” Pigot said.The journalist also brought India’s use of Israeli drones during Operation Sindoor and questioned whether it could create complications between Pakistan and Israel in view of Trump’s Abraham agreement with the aim of promoting relations between Jews, Muslims and Christians.However, Pigot withdrew the conversation on Washington’s mentioned priorities: maintaining the ceasefire and encouraging direct dialogue between India and Pakistan. He reiterated that the American focus remains on solving conflicts through peaceful means.
