Trump again claims that he helped 'settle' tensions between India, Pakistan

US President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he got things settled between India and Pakistan following the fourday military conflict between the two countries that could have turned into a nuclear conflict reported PTISpeaking at the White House on Friday Trump also claimed that five or six planes got shot down during the recent conflict between the South Asian neighboursThe US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two countries or if he was referring to combined losses by both sidesNew Delhi has been maintaining that India and Pakistan halted their military actions following direct talks between their militaries without any mediation by the USTrump made the comments flanked by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Armenias Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after they inked a USbrokered peace agreement during a trilateral signing ceremony reported PTIAs President my highest aspiration is to bring peace and stability to the world Todays signing follows our success with India and Pakistan reported PTIThey were going at it they were going at it big and they were two great leaders that came together just prior to what would have been a tremendous conflict as you know a nuclear conflict probably Trump said reported PTIAsserting that he is settling conflicts through trade Trump said I got things settled with India Pakistan I think it was trade more than any other reason Thats how I got involvedI said You know I dont want to be dealing with countries that are trying to blow up themselves and maybe the world They are nuclear nations he said reported PTITrump referred to the conflict between India and Pakistan twice during his remarks at the event adding them to the nearly 35 previous occasions where he has claimed that he stopped the war between the two countries through tradeThat was a big one getting that one settled I think youd agree that was a big one Trump said turning to the Azerbaijani President reported PTIAnd they were going at it you know they were shooting airplanes out of the skyiquest five or six planes got shot down in their last little skirmish and then it was going to escalate from there That could have gotten to be very very bad Trump claimedIndia has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations DGMOs of the two militariesAt the ceremony Trump added that he is solving conflicts around the world because he wants to save a lot of livesI love saving lives Thats what its about And you know when you save lives you really end up having a peaceful world Usually that ends up pretty wellTrump also listed the conflicts between Congo and Rwanda Thailand and Cambodia and Serbia and Kosovo that he said he helped settleResponding to a question on the Ukraine war Trump said I think we are getting closeI think that a lot of things happened recently that would make this go forward Im not going to mention anything having to do with India but maybe that had an impact But what really had an impact was NATO has stepped up in terms of their spending on buying military equipmentTrump also said that no matter what he does he will not be given the Nobel Peace PrizeIm not politicking for it I have a lot of people that areiquestit would be a great honour certainly but I would never politick Im not doing it for that Im doing it because of I really number one I want to save lives Thats why Im involved so much with Ukraine and RussiaWith inputs from PTI