New York/Washington, February 11 US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim that he prevented the war between India and Pakistan last year, which he said could have escalated into a nuclear conflict, through tariffs.
"I ended eight wars. Of these eight wars, at least six were resolved due to tariffs. In other words, I said, 'If you don't resolve this conflict, I will impose tariffs on you, because I don't want to see people getting killed,” Trump said in an interview to Fox Business on Tuesday.
"And they asked, 'What does this have to do with us?' I said, 'You will be charged.' Like India and Pakistan. In my opinion, it could have been a nuclear war. They were really escalating, with 10 planes being shot down. They were going at it,” Trump said.
He added that the Prime Minister of Pakistan said, 'President Trump saved at least 10 million lives when he got us to stop fighting.' Because they were going to go nuclear, (in) my opinion. Without tariffs, that wouldn't have happened,” Trump said.
Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for preventing the India-Pakistan conflict, over 80 times since May 10 last year, when he announced on social media that the two neighbours had agreed to a "full and immediate" ceasefire after talks mediated by Washington.
India has consistently denied any third-party involvement.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.