India, July 8 -- US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim that he brokered a truce between India and Pakistan, a charge denied by the Indian government time and again. During a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said he "stopped a lot of fights", naming the India-Pakistan conflict as one of them.

He also reiterated that the conflict was stopped "over trade", another claim India has rejected in the past.

"We stopped a lot of fights... I think a very big one frankly... India and Pakistan and we stopped that over trade. We are dealing with India; we are dealing with Pakistan," Trump said.

The Republican also claimed that the India-Pak conflict was at a nuclear stage, something he had said in May as well, days afte...