Washington DC, June 19 -- In an unusual departure from his standard narrative, U.S. President Donald Trump refrained from claiming credit for defusing military tensions between India and Pakistan, instead applauding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan's Army Chief, General Asim Munir, for choosing peace over conflict.

This marks the first time Trump publicly acknowledged that the de-escalation between the two South Asian nations was led by their own leadership - a shift from his repeated assertions of having personally mediated peace in the region since hostilities intensified in April.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, addressing reporters on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, clarified that there w...