The United States’ newly released National Security Strategy on Friday falsely claimed that President Donald Trump negotiated peace between India and Pakistan — a claim New Delhi has consistently rejected
The United States’ newly released National Security Strategy on Friday falsely claimed that President Donald Trump negotiated peace between India and Pakistan — a claim New Delhi has consistently rejected.
According to ANI news agency report, the 33-page document, signed by Trump, repeats the long-standing assertion that the US president brokered peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, despite India’s clear position that no third-party mediation is acceptable in its bilateral matters with Pakistan.
Trump has made similar claims on multiple occasions, even though India has publicly denied any such involvement.
The document describes Trump as a “President of Peace”, crediting him with resolving or easing tensions in eight global conflicts, including what it calls a peace deal between India and Pakistan, added the report.
The document further claims Trump helped pull the two countries back from the brink of “nuclear conflict” by mediating a May 10 ceasefire agreement — another assertion India has not acknowledged.
“He negotiated peace between Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the DRC and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and ended the war in Gaza with all living hostages returned to their families,” ANI quoted the report as saying.
The document highlights India’s role in Indo-Pacific security and references the Quad, signaling a departure from previous US isolationist policies.
It highlights strengthening commercial ties with India to bolster New Delhi’s engagement in regional security alongside Australia, Japan, and the United States.
“We must continue to improve commercial (and other) relations with India to encourage New Delhi to contribute to Indo-Pacific security, including through continued quadrilateral cooperation with Australia, Japan, and the United States (“the Quad”). Moreover, we will also work to align the actions of our allies and partners with our joint interest in preventing domination by any single competitor nation,” the report read.
The approach outlined in the report emphasises managed cooperation, strategic alignment, and long-term US investment to advance growth and security, with key areas of focus including AI, quantum computing, and autonomous systems.
“The United States must at the same time invest in research to preserve and advance our advantage in cutting-edge military and dual-use technology, with emphasis on the domains where US advantages are strongest. These include undersea, space, and nuclear, as well as others that will decide the future of military power, such as AI, quantum computing, and autonomous systems, plus the energy necessary to fuel these domains,” the report added.
It also stresses the need to align allies’ actions with shared interests, invest in technology research to maintain US advantages, and work closely with European and Asian partners, including India, to strengthen collective positions.
“America should similarly enlist our European and Asian allies and partners, including India, to cement and improve our joint positions in the Western Hemisphere and, with regard to critical minerals, in Africa. We should form coalitions that use our comparative advantages in finance and technology to build export markets with cooperating countries,” the report read.
“America’s economic partners should no longer expect to earn income from the United States through overcapacity and structural imbalances but instead pursue growth through managed cooperation tied to strategic alignment and by receiving long-term US investment,” it added.
With inputs from agencies
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