Washington/New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) US President Donald Trump today said the US “helped a lot” in bringing about the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and added that the US “stopped a nuclear conflict, I think it could have been a bad nuclear war”.

In a statement to the media, the US President also said that a trade deal with India was nearing, and that the US would also have a trade deal with Pakistan.

“On Saturday, my Administration helped broker a full and immediate ceasefire — I think a permanent one — between India and Pakistan, ending a dangerous conflict of two nations with lots of nuclear weapons… they were going out hot and heavy and were seemingly not going to stop.

“And we’re very proud to let you know that the leadership of India and Pakistan was unwavering and powerful, but unwavering in both cases, they really were from the standpoint of having the strength and the wisdom and the fortitude to fully know and to understand the gravity of the situation.

And We helped a lot!

“And we helped also with trade. I said ‘come on we’re going to do a lot of trade with you guys, let’s stop it, let’s stop it”.

“If you stop it we’re doing trade, if you don’t stop it we’re not going to do any trade,

People have never used trade the way I have

And all of a sudden, they said, I think we’re gonna stop.

And they have, and they did it for a lot of reasons but trade is a big one.

“We’re gonna do a lot of trade with Pakistan, and a lot of trade with India

“We’re negotiating with India right now, were gonna soon be negotiating with Pakistan

“And we stopped a nuclear conflict, I think it could have been a bad nuclear war

Millions of people could have been killed

“I’m proud of that, I also want to thank VP Vance and Secretary Rubio for their work and efforts, they worked very hard.”

UNI RN