US President Donald Trump said on Friday that up to five planes had been slaughtered during recent hostilities in Pakistan-India who started after an attack in April in Jammu-et-Cachemire of illegal occupation (IIOJK), the soothing situation after a cease-fire in May.
Trump, who made his comments during a dinner with republican American legislators in the White House, did not specify what jets of the team he was referring to.
“In fact, planes have been slaughtered from the air. Five, five, four or five, but I think five jets were actually slaughtered,” said Trump speaking of hostilities in India-Pakistan, without elaborating or providing details.
Pakistan said it had killed five Indian airpower in air combat. The highest general in India said at the end of May that India had changed tactics after having suffered losses in the first day of hostilities and established an advantage before the announcement of a cease-fire three days later.
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India launched air strikes in Pakistan in early May, following allegations connecting Islamabad to the attack on Pahalgam – says Pakistan denied.
In retaliation, Pakistan Air Force has shot down five Indian planes. The two parties exchanged strikes on the bases of the other before a ceasefire of American mail was reached on May 10.
India has also claimed to have killed “some planes” from Pakistan. Islamabad denied having undergone aircraft losses, but recognized that its air bases had been affected.
Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan which he announced on social networks on May 10 after Washington had talks with both parties.
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India has deferred Trump’s claims that it results from its intervention and threats to break up commercial talks.
India’s position was that New Delhi and Islamabad must solve their problems directly and without external involvement.
India is an increasingly important American partner in Washington’s efforts to counter the influence of China in Asia, while Pakistan is an American ally.
The April attack at IIOJK killed 26 men and sparked heavy battles between Asian neighbors in nuclear weapons in the last climbing of a rivalry of several decades.
New Delhi blamed the attack on Pakistan, who denied responsibility while calling for a neutral investigation.
Washington condemned the attack but did not directly blame Islamabad.
On May 7, Indian planes bombed sites through the border that New Delhi described as a “terrorist infrastructure”, triggering an exchange of attacks between the two countries by fighter planes, missiles, drones and artillery that kills dozens until the cease-fire is reached.
