U.S. President Donald Trump postures for an image, at a world leaders’top on ending the Gaza war, in the middle of a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire offer in between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.|Image Credit: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/Pool
United States President Donald Trump on Monday applauded India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi without calling him, stating “India is a terrific nation with a buddy of mine on top”.
Trump, attending to a top of world leaders at this Egyptian city after a ceasefire reached in Gaza ending the Israel-Hamas war, stated from the podium that he believes “India and Pakistan will live extremely well together”.
“India is a terrific nation with a great pal of mine on top and he’s simply done a great task. I believe Pakistan and India are going to live really perfectly together,” Trump stated while taking a look at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who was supporting him, as he reacted with a chuckle.
Sharif credits Trump, presses Nobel election
Earlier applauding Sharif and his “preferred field marshal” Pakistan army chief Gen Asim Munir, Trump likewise welcomed the Pakistan prime minister to attend to the event.
Sharif stated peace has actually been accomplished in the Middle East after “untiring and unrelenting efforts” of President Trump.
“Pakistan had actually chosen President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his exceptional (and) remarkable contributions to very first stop the war in between India and Pakistan and after that attain a ceasefire in addition to his really terrific group,” he stated.
Sharif stated he wants to choose Trump once again for the Nobel Peace Prize for “conserving countless lives not just in South Asia however likewise in the Middle East”.
After losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump has actually declared to have actually dealt with 8 wars, consisting of the one in between India and Pakistan, stating, he did refrain from doing this for the Nobel.
Trump has actually been declaring to solve 7 disputes till now, consisting of the one in between India and Pakistan. He has actually now increased that figure to 8 after including the Israel-Gaza dispute.
Given that May 10, when Trump revealed on social networks that India and Pakistan had actually accepted a “complete and instant” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks moderated by Washington, he has actually duplicated his claim lots of times that he “assisted settle” the dispute in between India and Pakistan.
India has actually regularly kept that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks in between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the 2 armed forces.
India released Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting fear facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that eliminated 26 civilians.
India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the dispute after 4 days of extreme cross-border drone and rocket strikes.
Released on October 14, 2025
