India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who went on the US round, said that there is no relation between trade discussion with the US and the India-Pakistan ceasefire. He said this during an interview with CEO Dev Prasad of Newsweek Magazine.
Jaishankar said- On the night of 9 May, US Vice President JD Vance spoke to PM Modi. I was also in the same room during that time. Vance warned that Pakistan is planning a major attack on India. PM Modi did not care about this and said- the attack will be responded to.
The Foreign Minister said- The next morning (May 10) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted the PM. Said- Pakistan is ready for talks. After this, Pakistan’s DGMO Major General Kashif Abdullah contacted India’s DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai and requested the ceasefire.
In fact, on May 10, the first information of ceasefire between India and Pakistan was given by US President Donald Trump through his X post. Trump has said on several occasions that India-Pakistan had threatened not to trade, after which both countries agreed to ceasefire.
Jaishankar said- Discussion related to diplomacy and business is completely different
Jaishankar said- the developments did not happen in that way. Diplomacy and business discussions are completely different. I think people associated with business are doing what they should do, such as numbers, lines, products and business agreement. They are all professional and focused.
Jaishankar said- Pahalgam attack thought was an economic war
During the discussion, Jaishankar said that on 22 April, the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir was understood to be an economic war. Its purpose was to ruin the tourism industry in Kashmir. The attack was an attack on tourism, which is the backbone of the economy of Kashmir.
Terrorists wanted people to be afraid, tourists should not come and the economic structure of the valley should be broken. The attackers separated people on the basis of religious identity and then murdered, so that communal tension could spread.
