"No means of third person getting into this": Congress' Imran Masood on Trump mediating between India-Pak

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): After India and Pakistan agreed on the cessation of hostilities, Congress MP Imraan Masood on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have announced it instead of United States President Donald Trump.
Speaking with ANI, the Congress MP emphasised that there was no way for a third person to enter this discussion.
"It was very shocking for us that our sovereignty would be discussed like this. The Shimla agreement was cornered. The way the US announced the ceasefire by tweeting hurt our sentiments. If there were to be a ceasefire, it should have been announced by PM Modi. There is no means of getting the third person into this discussion. When our DGMO was speaking, we could have announced that there must have been some terms for when the ceasefire happened. The government would give the information on terms. That's why a Parliament session should be held to discuss this..." Masood told ANI.
After US President Trump offered mediation between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue, Masood further said that Kashmir has been ours and will be ours.
"Then, he raised the Kashmir issue. Kashmir has been ours and will be ours. There is no matter in that," Imran Masood said.
On May 10, India and Pakistan agreed to stop all firing and military action on land, in the air, and at sea. However, hours after that, reports came of Pakistan violating the cessation of hostilities with India's air defence intercepting Pakistani drones.
Earlier today, US President Donald Trump asserted that his administration played a crucial role in brokering an immediate cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, following escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
He said, "We stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it could have been a bad nuclear war. Millions of people could have been killed. I also want to thank VP JD Vance and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, for their work..."
Speaking to the media in a press briefing at the White House, Trump emphasised the significant impact of US diplomatic efforts in facilitating the truce, stating, "On Saturday, my administration helped broker an immediate cessation of hostilities, I think a permanent one between India and Pakistan - the countries having a lot of nuclear weapons."
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 to strike multiple terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir after a deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month in which 26 tourists were killed.
The subsequent aggression by Pakistan was effectively repelled by the Indian Armed Forces, who also pounded Pakistan's air bases.
After the terror attack, the Prime Minister had said that the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack would face punishment beyond their imagination.
India had also taken several steps to send a strong message to Pakistan over its support to cross-border terrorism and has put the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. (ANI)