Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
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Indian soldiers patrol as a street vendor takes a nap after India and Pakistan reported no incidents of firing overnight, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May 12, 2025
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THE Indian government has disputed US President Donald Trump’s claim that the US-mediated ceasefire between India and Pakistan came about in part because he had offered possible trade concessions.
Addressing a weekly news conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said top leaders in New Delhi and Washington had been in touch last week following the Indian military’s intense standoff with Pakistan, but that there had been no conversation on trade.
“The issue of trade didn’t come up in any of these discussions,” Mr Jaiswal said, referring to talks between US Vice-President JD Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar.
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