The fragile truce between India and Pakistan seemed to be largely on their first full day after some initial skirmishes, since both countries became Sunday to argue that they had come to the top in the four -day conflict.
President Trump announced on Saturday that the two parties had agreed to stop the fire with the help of American mediation. That stopped a military confrontation that had involved drones, missiles and intense bombing, and that had intensified, with strikes in military bases in both countries.
Trump continued with a congratulation note on Sunday, praising both parties for “having strength, wisdom and strength to the full and understanding that it was time to stop the current aggression that could lead to Mech.” “
He added that it would increase the trade “substantially” with both countries, and that would work with them to see if a “solution” can be reached to solve their seven decades about the Kashmir region.
Pakistan, an ally near the United States that has vanished in importance, praised the American role as a mediator. But in India, the public descriptions of the Trump administration of its role in mediation seemed to touch some sensitive political points.
The Indian government has long framed its relations with Pakistan as a strictly bilateral issue, and in the hours after the announcement of the high fire, India said that it had negotiated to Indian and Pakistani officials.
India did not refer to an American role, presumable in part because he hoped to avoid any domestic perception that he had stopped his fight against his neighbor and the archEPENEMIGO under external pressure.
On Sunday, a senior Indian official sacrificed a timeline of the conflict that recognizes discussions through US officials, but described India as making their own decisions.
In conversations with US officials and diplomats from other countries, said the official, India attached to a single message: that he would respond to each Pakistani attack with a counterattack.
After Pakistan sent waves of drones to India early on Saturday, the Indian forces hit some of Pakistan’s key military bases, said the official. At that time, Pakistan expressed his willingness to hold conversations through military leaders, the official said, and the two parties agreed to stop shooting.
Some supporters of the Government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi say the truce as a victory due to the power of the Indian Armed Forces. Pakistan, argued, had been taken to a point where he was forced to look for fire.
The Indian Air Force, in a publication on social networks, said Sunday that he had carried out his mission with “precision and professionalism.”
The triumphant memes were less reserved, and the advertising fences appeared during the night. “I greet the Indian army: our pride, our protectors,” said one.
Some Indian officials said that India’s actions in the conflict illustrated the toughest position that the country had tasks about terrorism under the ways of Mr. India hit Pakistan after promising a serious response to a terrorist attack in Kashmir administered by India that killed 26 civilians on April 22.
India accused Pakistan of supporting the attackers-Pakistan denied any role and two weekly began their cross-border military campaign.
In Pakistan, many threw the end of the confrontation as a victory for their country and military.
The Geo News television channel transmits images of civilians who shower flower petals in military tanks and place garlands around the soldiers of the soldiers in Sialkot, a city marked by previous military conflicts between India and Pakistan.
Nadeem Farooq Paracha, an outstanding columnist in Karachi, said that the public mood reflected a sense of trust not seen in years.
“Pakistan may have won his first war against India,” he said in an interview. “He successfully successful Indian offensive and obtained some vital military and diplomatic victories. India, on the other hand, has very little to show for his gambit.”
Sabir Shah, a Lahore -based political analyst, said that Pakistan’s Air Force had demonstrated an operational superiority.
“Indian losses, in military terms or hardware, are surely much higher comparatively,” he said. Pakistan states that five Indian planes were shot down. India has not recognized any plane, but the evidence suggests that it lost at least two, according to the accounts of eyewitnesses and some government officials.
While both sides scored their profits and losses of the other, uncertainty was lost if the high fire would remain. Shortly after it was declared on Saturday, there were reports of cross -border bombings. But the situation seemed calm until Sunday night.
Sajad Shafi, a local politician from the border city of Uri on the Indian side of Kashmir, said that on Sunday he had been “peaceful.”
“There is a great sense of relief among people,” he said.
But while civilians were desperate to return to their homes, Mr. Shafi urged them to stay another day in the help fields without caution.
“You can’t trust this high fire,” he said. “You never know what follows.”
Hishasini raj Reporting Luckknow reports, India.
