New Delhi, May 22 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking to the Dutch public broadcaster NOS, firmly refuted US President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the United States brokered the ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan. Jaishankar clarified that the cessation of hostilities was a bilateral understanding directly negotiated between the two countries, without any third-party mediation

During the interview with NOS reporter Sander van Hoorn in Netherlands, Jaisankar explained that India's retaliatory strikes on Pakistan's airbases compelled the Pakistani military to seek a truce, and that the Pakistani army initiated the ceasefire by contacting India through the official military hotline.

Jaishankar emphas...