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The Congress has termed Chinese claims of mediation between India and Pakistan concerning and said the people of India need clarity on the issue.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the claim, which he said seemed to make a joke of the country’s national security.
‘President Trump has long claimed that he personally intervened to halt Operation Sindoor on May 10, 2025. He has done so on 65 different occasions in various forums in at least seven different countries. The prime minister has never broken his silence on these claims made by his so-called good friend,’ Ramesh said in a post on X.
President Trump has long claimed that he personally intervened to halt Operation Sindoor on May 10, 2025. He has done so on 65 different occasions in various forums in at least seven different countries. The Prime Minister has never broken his silence on these claims made by his… pic.twitter.com/H20vsGfMxB
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 31, 2025
‘Now the Chinese foreign minister makes a similar claim and says China also mediated. On July 4, 2025, the Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul Singh had publicly stated that during Operation Sindoor, India was actually confronting and combating China.
‘Given that China was decisively aligned with Pakistan, Chinese claims of having mediated between India and Pakistan are concerning — not just because they directly contradict what the people of our country have been led to believe, but because they seem to make a joke of our national security itself,’ he added.
He said the claim must also be understood in the context of our relationship with China.
‘We have begun re-engagement with them — but unfortunately it has been on Chinese terms. The prime minister’s clean chit to China on June 19, 2020, has considerably weakened India’s negotiating position,’ he said.
