New Delhi, May 15 -- Former diplomat and foreign affairs expert KP Fabian on Thursday asserted that India's decision to engage with Pakistan was not a result of US mediation post Operation Sindoor.

He said that the US played a subtle yet significant role in pushing Pakistan towards the ceasefire talks.

Speaking to ANI, Fabian clarified that the US did not facilitate direct mediation between India and Pakistan. Instead, the Americans seem to have nudged Pakistan in the right direction, encouraging them to talk with India directly.

"America did not mediate; they might have pushed Pakistan at some point for the ceasefire. It was not the US telling us, 'You should talk about it, India will do this, Pakistan will do that,' - that would be t...