After Trump, China jumps in to take credit for brokering peace, says, ‘we have taken…’

After US President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that Washington had stopped a possible war between India and Pakistan, China claimed to be mediating tensions between the two countries following military clashes earlier this year. Speaking at the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations Symposium on Tuesday (local time), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing has played a mediating role in many global conflicts, including the India-Pakistan conflict.

“To build lasting peace, we have taken an objective and fair stance and focused on addressing both symptoms and root causes. Following this approach to resolving China’s hotspot issues, we have mediated in northern Myanmar, the Iran nuclear issue, tensions between Pakistan and India, issues between Palestine and Israel, and recent conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand,” Wang said. he said.

Wang’s remarks came months after India and Pakistan were locked in a brief but intense military conflict in May; This conflict was triggered by the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam valley on April 22, which killed 26 innocent people.

India responded with Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. India has consistently rejected any claim of third-party mediation, maintaining that the four-day conflict was resolved through direct army-to-military communication.

New Delhi claimed that due to this heavy damage, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) called the Indian DGMO and both sides agreed to stop all firing and military actions on land, air and sea from May 10.

China’s assertion has sparked renewed interest in its role during the crisis, especially given its close defense ties with Pakistan. China is Pakistan’s largest arms supplier. In November, a report released by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission accused China of waging a disinformation campaign in the wake of Operation Sindoor.

Beijing is using fake social media accounts to circulate AI-generated images of artificial plane wreckage, allegedly aimed at undermining sales of French Rafale fighter jets while promoting its own J-35 aircraft, an advisory body to the US Congress has said.

In its statement on May 7, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the diplomatic front, had called for moderation on the first day of Operation Sindoor, although it had expressed regret over India’s attacks. “China finds India’s military operation early this morning regrettable. We are concerned about the ongoing situation.”

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