India, July 26 -- Pakistan foreign minister Ishaq Dar 'appreciated' US President Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio and their role in facilitating ceasefire with India. This statement from the Pakistani foreign ministry comes after the Republican leader's repeated claims that he prevented war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

According to a statement by the Pakistan foreign office, Dar "appreciated the pivotal role" played by Trump and Rubio "in de-escalating tensions between Pakistan and India by facilitating a ceasefire." The statement came after Dar met Rubio in Washington on Friday.

The statement clearly gives more fodder to Donald Trump's claims that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after the ...