For Once, Don Says India, Pak Themselves Ended Conflict

FOR the first time in weeks, US President Donald Trump refrained from taking credit for preventing a potential war between India and Pakistan, instead saying the two "very smart" leaders had themselves decided to avoid escalation.

- JAYANTH JACOB @ New Delhi

The remarks came after a rare luncheon meeting with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir at the White House—a diplomatic gesture usually reserved for heads of states or governments. "The reason I had him here, I want to thank him for not going into the war; ending the war. And I want to thank, as you know, Prime Minister Modi," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.