New Delhi, July 28 -- Noting that Operation Sindoor marks a new face and a new normal in India's fight against cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday firmly rejected claims of any third-party mediation in cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan and also said that at no stage, in any conversation with the United States, was there "any linkage with trade and what was going on".

Jaishankar, who took part in the debate in Lok Sabha on Operation Sindoor, said there are 193 nations in the United Nations and only three countries, apart from Pakistan, opposed Operation Sindoor.

The Minister, who gave point by point rebuttal to the points raised by opposition, said India brought out to the internatio...