Op Sindoor carried out entirely in conventional domain: MEA

India on Tuesday pushed back against US President Donald Trump's offer to mediate on Kashmir and his claim that he used trade to prevent a "nuclear war" between India and Pakistan, with the external affairs ministry saying the military action under Operation Sindoor was "entirely in the conventional domain".

- Rezaul H Laskar

NEW DELHI:

India attacked terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir on May 7 under Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, triggering four days of intense strikes and counter-strikes by the two sides using drones, missiles and other long-range weapons that raised fears of an all-out war.

Trump was the first to announce on May 10 that the two sides had reached an understanding to halt military actions, and the state department subsequently described the development as a "US-brokered ceasefire". Trump has also offered to mediate on the Kashmir issue and claimed he used trade to stop what could have been a "bad nuclear war" between the two countries.

India has consistently maintained that the understanding was reached between the two countries and ruled out any talks. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said talks and terror couldn't go together and added that any conversation with Islamabad will be on terror and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.