US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says India and Pakistan "have agreed to an immediate ceasefire

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Source: The Guardian

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says India and Pakistan “have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site”.

In a post on X, he said:

Over the past 48 hours, VP (JD) Vance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Asim Malik.

I am pleased to announce the Governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site.

We commend Prime Ministers Modi and Sharif on their wisdom, prudence, and statesmanship in choosing the path of peace.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/10/pakistan-says-three-air-bases-attacked-by-indian-missiles-live-updates

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1. I sure don't want to give them credit

But however it happened--whew. And let it stick, please.

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2. Link to BBC live thread

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy3jnl3nvwt

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3. What a joke. Tryng to get credit for something they admitted they had

no involvement in.

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4. More importantly, Pakistan and India have said this

Pakistan’s foreign minister says immediate ceasefire agreed

Pakistan’s foreign minister, Ishaq Dar says India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect.

In a post on X, Dar, who is also Pakistan’s deputy prime minister, said:

Pakistan and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect. Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region, without compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/10/pakistan-says-three-air-bases-attacked-by-indian-missiles-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-681f43088f08e7a81f17bb86#block-681f43088f08e7a81f17bb86

India confirms ceasefire began at 5pm local time

In a very brief press conference, India also confirmed the immediate ceasefire.

India’s foreign secretary Vikram Misri said:

The director general of military operations in Pakistan called the director general of military operations in India at 15:35, earlier this afternoon. It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all fighting and military action on land and in the air and sea with effect from 17:00 Indian standard time today.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/10/pakistan-says-three-air-bases-attacked-by-indian-missiles-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-681f46478f08e7a81f17bb99#block-681f46478f08e7a81f17bb99

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5. I thought Couchfucker said their war was none of our business.

He's quite the liar.

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6. I'm sure neither of them had anything to do with it.

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7. India and Pakistan agree Kashmir ceasefire but accuse each other of breaches

However, the agreement was thrown into question after cross-border shelling restarted between the Indian and Pakistan armies on Saturday night. Srinagar, the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir, was also rocked by heavy explosions from projectiles that soared across the border.
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An Indian government source told AFP that Pakistan had violated the ceasefire. A senior Pakistani security source said it was India that had started the ceasefire violations.

The Pakistani foreign ministry said in the early hours of Sunday that it “remains committed to faithful implementation” of the ceasefire it has agreed to with India.

Accusing India of committing its own violations, the Pakistani foreign ministry said its forces were “handling the situation with responsibility and restraint”. It continued: “We believe that any issues in smooth implementation of the ceasefire should be addressed through communication at appropriate levels. The troops on ground should also exercise restraint.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/india-pakistan-immediate-us-mediated-ceasefire

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8. trump is trying to take credit for this ceasefire

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9. India says the cease-fire was worked out directly between India and Pakistan

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/10/world/pakistan-india-kashmir?smid=url-share#india-pakistan-truce-trump

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10. India pushes back on Trump claiming credit for India-Pakistan ceasefire

The president boasted about the strategy he claimed to use with India and Pakistan. India effectively said he had no idea what he was talking about.

LOSE, LOSE, LOSE - OH & LIE, LIE, LIE

India pushes back on Trump claiming credit for India-Pakistan ceasefire

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India pushes back on Trump claiming credit for India-Pakistan ceasefire

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/india-pushes-back-trump-claiming-credit-india-pakistan-ceasefire-rcna206744

For example, Leavitt claimed the president “reached a trade deal” with United Kingdom, which wasn’t entirely true. She said the president “negotiated a trade deal” with China, which also wasn’t true. She said the president signed a “historic” executive order “to slash drug prices,” which wasn’t even close to being true.

But Leavitt also credited Trump with “securing a ceasefire” between India and Pakistan, and this too warranted some fact-checking......

Nevertheless, while in Saudi Arabia, Trump was eager to boast about how effective his strategy was with India and Pakistan. “I said, ‘Come on, we’re going to do a lot of trade with you guys. Let’s stop it. Let’s stop it. If you stop it, we’ll do a trade. If you don’t stop it, we’re not going to do any trade,’” the Republican claimed. “And all of a sudden, they said, ‘I think we’re going to stop.’”

According to India, Trump didn’t know what he was talking about. NBC News reported:

The Indian government on Tuesday disputed President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S.-mediated ceasefire between India and Pakistan came about in part because he had offered possible trade concessions. Addressing a weekly news conference, Randhir Jaiswal, the spokesman for India’s foreign ministry, said top leaders in New Delhi and Washington were in touch last week following the Indian military’s intense standoff with Pakistan, but that there was no conversation on trade.

“The issue of trade didn’t come up in any of these discussions,” Jaiswal said, referring to the conversations with Trump administration officials.

It serves as a timely reminder: Trump sometimes takes credit for accomplishments that don’t exist, and he sometimes takes credit for accomplishments for which he’s not actually responsible.