Trump claims five jets shot in India-Pak clash - details? left unsaid

In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said "five jets were shot down" during the military conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention.

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In his remarks at a White House dinner on Friday, the US president, however, did not provide specific details such as whether the jets were downed by either of the two countries or if he was referring to combined losses by both sides.

"You had India, Pakistan (military conflict) that was going (on). In fact, planes were being shot out of the air, five, four or five. But I think five jets were shot down actually, that was getting worse and worse, wasn't it?"

"That was looking like it was going to go, these are two serious nuclear countries, and they were hitting each other," Trump said at the dinner he hosted for Republican senators.

There was no immediate response from New Delhi on the US president's remarks.