What India said on White House’s call for Nobel Peace Prize for Trump

India stated on Friday that the White House has to be questioned on whether US President Donald Trump ought to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for putting an end to wars and conflicts.

“As far as the statements of the White House are concerned, please take your question to them,” said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on being asked questions about the White House’s Nobel Peace Prize call for Trump.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that Trump has brokered several peace deals and ceasefires in several conflict zones across the world. She said that the peace deals average to one per month and has reiterated the call for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to the US President.

Conflicts between Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Thailand and Cambodia have all been resolved by the president. This indicates that during his six months in office, President Trump has mediated, on average, one ceasefire or peace agreement every month. It is well past time that President Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,” said Leavitt on Thursday.

Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for stopping hostilities between India and Pakistan after New Delhi’s effective response to Islamabad’s aggression following precision strikes on terror infrastructure.

India, however, denied the US President’s assertions and reiterated its policy of bilaterally addressing any issue pertaining to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan.

“No leader in the world told India to stop its operation. On the night of 9th May, the Vice President of America tried to talk to me. He tried for an hour, but I was in a meeting with my army, so I could not pick up his call. Later, I called him back. The Vice President of America told me on the phone that Pakistan is going to launch a big attack. My answer was that if Pakistan has this intention, it will cost them a lot. If Pakistan attacks, we will respond by launching a big attack. This was my answer…,” PM Modi said in Lok Sabha.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar too echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha and said that no leader asked India to stop Operation Sindoor.

“There was no leader, nobody, anywhere in the world, who asked India to stop its operations,” said Jaishankar.

Speaking on the India-US relationship, Jaiswal said that both countries share a strategic partnership and also have similar interests and democratic values.

He also mentioned that the relationship between the two nations has weathered several transitions and challenges but has continued to move forward.

“This collaboration has endured a number of changes and difficulties. We are sure that the relationship will continue to progress and are committed to the substantive agenda that our two nations have agreed to,” Jaiswal told reporters.

When discussing India’s relationship with Russia, Jaiswal stated that the two countries share a long-standing partnership.

“”Our ties with any country stand on their merit and should not be seen from the prism of a third country. As far as India-Russia relations are concerned, we have a steady and time-tested partnership,” he said.