US lawmaker exposes Trump's role in India-Pakistan conflict, claims he was exaggerated

News Topical, Digital Desk : An influential US Senator, Mark Warner, has said that the claim that President Donald Trump's administration single-handedly ended the recent conflict between India and Pakistan has been exaggerated.

These claims risk obscuring the reality of conflict resolution, he warned, adding that such exaggerations are raising tensions at a sensitive juncture in regional diplomacy.

Trump's role in the Indo-Pak conflict  has been exaggerated.

Mark Warner, chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee and co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, said available information did not support the claim that Washington had single-handedly resolved the standoff.

In an exclusive interview, Warner said, 'From what I have heard and read from members of the Indian government, the intelligence community and the US intelligence committee, the resolution was between Pakistan and India.'

He said that established communication channels existed between New Delhi and Islamabad for such occasions. "Dialogue between India and Pakistan continues on such occasions," he said.

Claims of direct interference by Trump dismissed

Warner acknowledged that the US may have tried to play a supporting role, but rejected President Trump's claims of direct interference.

"The US may have tried to help, but Trump personally wouldn't have," he said, calling such portrayals ego-driven.

Asked whether the conflict had brought the two nuclear-armed neighbours close to catastrophe, Warner said the situation was serious, but not unprecedented.

India and Pakistan have experienced several such crises in the past. Regarding Pakistan, Warner said that it is overly focused on India.

It often seems that Pakistan is obsessed with India. In contrast, India has moved beyond that rivalry. Since becoming a first-world power, India has moved beyond that rivalry.

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