Trump again claims credit for ending India-Pakistan war, says Pakistan PM thanked him

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again claimed credit for ending the India-Pakistan conflict last year, placing the two countries among eight wars he said he had helped settle as he addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly.

“Since I took office, it has been my great honour to settle eight wars, and in so doing, become friendly with the leaders of many of those countries. It was a great honour to do it. Numerous of these wars have gone on for many years and even decades,” Trump said in his address to the General Debate of the 81st session of the UNGA.

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Trump said he was able to “make these settlements” through what he described as his “very special relationships”, along with trade, the use and threat of tariffs and other measures depending on the country involved.

“Among them, terms of settlement, Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and of course the war in Gaza, which, as I stated previously, includes the return of all hostages, both living and dead,” he said.

Trump also said the countries involved had written him letters thanking him for his role.

“The Prime Minister of Pakistan, terrific man, said that Donald Trump was responsible for saving 30 million lives and probably many more than that,” he said.

Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for stopping the India-Pakistan conflict since May 10 last year, when he announced that the two countries had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire following what he described as a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington.

India, however, has consistently maintained that the understanding to halt hostilities was reached through direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations of the two countries. New Delhi has denied any third-party intervention in the process.

Trump made a similar claim during his address to the UN General Assembly last year, saying he had stopped the India-Pakistan conflict while criticising the UN for failing to help end wars around the world.

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In Tuesday’s address, Trump also said his administration was working with Russia and Ukraine to end their conflict.

“We're working very closely with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, and we will get that one done. It's going to happen, I think, more quickly than people understand,” he said.

Trump also referred to new tariff powers granted to him under legislation passed by the US Congress.

“Last week I signed a powerful new law, passed by Congress, in honour of Senator Lindsey Graham that provided me with enormous new tariff authorities. If necessary, I will use them,” he said.

The US president also devoted a substantial part of his address to Iran, reiterating that he would not allow Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons and saying he faced a major decision over how to deal with the Islamic Republic.

“Will a deal be made with Iran that let's them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?” Trump said.

“Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations? But I believe we'll make a deal right after the election, because it doesn't make sense for them not to, they're waiting to see how I do in the midterm election. What they don't realise is that I'm not running. I did that already, and won in a landslide,” he added.

The Iranian delegation walked out of the UN General Assembly as Trump criticised the Islamic Republic.

First Lady Melania Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were present in the UNGA hall during Trump's address.