‘Maybe have dinner together’: US President Trump on India Pakistan conflict

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday, May 13, said that maybe India and Pakistan can have a “nice dinner together” while stating that his administration brokered the “historic ceasefire” between the two countries through trade.”They are actually getting along. Maybe we can even get them together where they go out and have a nice dinner together. Wouldn’t that be nice?”, Trump said at the Saudi Arabia-US Investment Forum 2025 in his visit to the West-Asian nation.
“We’ve come a long way. Millions of people could have died from that conflict that started off small and was getting bigger and bigger by the day,” Trump added.
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“Just days ago my administration successfully brokered a historic ceasefire to stop the escalating violence between India and Pakistan and I used trade to a large extent to do (that),” Trump said.

“I said, fellas, come on, let’s make a deal. Let’s do some trading. let’s not trade nuclear missiles. Let’s trade the things that you make so beautifully. And they both have very powerful, strong, good and smart leaders,” he added.

“Hopefully it will remain that way,” Trump stated, while also praising US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for doing a “great job” on that.Earlier on May 13, Tommy Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of US Department of State, told reporters a press briefing that US encourage direct communication in response to a question of India refusing any US mediation.

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“Well, I’m not going to speculate on that. What I can say is that we encourage direct communication. We have been clear on that. We continue to encourage that direct communication. The President has been clear on that,” Pigott said.

“And the President, as I said, has also been clear in praising both prime ministers for choosing the path towards peace and the wisdom and fortitude that that shows,” he added.

Pigott, however, refused to give any information on details and confirmation of US sending a team to Pakistan following reports that there have been nuclear radiation leaks in some of the secure Pakistani sites.

“I have nothing to preview on that at this time,” Pigott said.

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