Putin, Trump discussed India-Pakistan relations: Trump claimed that he stopped the struggle; Kremlin silent on details
A recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump touched an unexpected flashpoint: a recent India-Pakistan conflict, a Kremlin colleague said on Wednesday. According to Yuri Ushakov, a senior advisor to Putin, the conflict was stopped with “President Trump’s personal participation.,Ushakov said, “He also touched the armed struggle between the Middle East and India and Pakistan, which was stopped with the personal partnership of President Trump,” Ushakov said, as reported by Russia’s state-run Tass Tax News Agency. However, Ushakov did not give any details of Trump’s participation or time.Trump claims that India cites military diplomacyTrump has taken credit for increasing South Asia tension in the past, especially during his presidential post. However, India has consistently stated that the closing of enmity was the result of direct military dialogues. Officials confirmed that the Director General of the Military Operations (DGMOS) of the two nations coordinated the ceasefire in early May after across the border.A deadly terrorist attack in Pahgam recently began in a recent clash, which inspired India to carry out accurate attacks on terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied on 7 May. Pakistan replied with aerial aggression, targeting Indian military grounds in the next three days. A mutual understanding for operations allegedly reached through DGMO-level talks on 10 May.Pakistan wants the help of Putin, India gets diplomatic supportIn a parallel development, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif sent a letter to President Putin, seeking Russia’s participation in spreading tension. The letter was given by Sharif’s associate Syed Tariq Fatimi during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov in Moscow on Tuesday.“We are ready to sit with him at the conversation table,” Fatmi said, expressing Islamabad’s will for Russian-Left diplomacy.But India is busy making a contrasting story in Moscow. A few days before the visit to Fetiemy, a multi-party Indian parliamentary delegation led by DMK MP Kanimoji Karunanidhi received “concrete Russian support” for India’s zero-oppression policy against Pakistan-provided terrorism, said sources.The rare moment of diplomatic shadowxing in Moscow underlines distrust between India and Pakistan, and is a regional crisis with a regional crisis with nuclear stakes.
