Tokyo: US president Donald Trump has claimed once again that he used trade to broker peace between India and Pakistan after the four-day conflict in May.

Seven “brand-new, beautiful” aircraft were shot down during the conflict, Trump said during dinner with American and Japanese business leaders in Tokyo on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT

Though he had spoken about seven aircraft being destroyed during Operation Sindoor earlier, this is the first time he specified that they were “brand-new” and “beautiful”.

“If you look at India and Pakistan, they were going at it. Seven brand-new, beautiful planes were shot down,” Trump said, in a bid to explain the intensity of the conflict. He did not clarify which side had lost the aircraft though.

He went on to say that he had told Prime Minister Narendra

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