Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 11: Reacting to US President Donald Trump’s latest offer to mediate on the Kashmir dispute, former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP SP Vaid) reiterated that India’s policy firmly rejects third-party involvement, as per the Simla Agreement of 1972.
The comments come in response to President Trump’s post on Truth Social, where he welcomed the ceasefire between India and Pakistan and claimed that the US had helped broker peace, hinting at mediation.
Trump wrote:
“Millions of good and innocent people could have died! I am proud that the USA was able to help you arrive at this historic and heroic decision… I will work with you both to see if, after a ‘thousand years,’ a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir.”
However, India dismissed Trump’s assertions, with former DGP Vaid underscoring the strength of Indian diplomacy and military:
“Being an Indian, I think our armed forces needed 2–3 more days to hammer Pakistan; they were already on their knees,” Vaid said, referencing India’s decisive stance post the Pahalgam terror attack and during Operation Sindoor.
He further added:
“There are specific issues in international diplomacy… The government has to look into the country’s larger interest, and the country doesn’t work based on ego.”
On the nature of Pakistan’s military doctrine, Vaid was candid:
“As long as Pakistan’s static policy remains that their army will fight for jihad using terrorism as an instrument of state policy, there is no guarantee that Pulwama or Pahalgam-like incidents won’t recur.”
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also rejected Trump’s offer, asserting that India needs no international intervention.
Meanwhile, New Delhi maintained that the recent cessation of hostilities was brokered bilaterally, with a Ministry of External Affairs statement confirming that the agreement was reached directly between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both nations.
India’s long-standing stance is that Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter, and any resolution with Pakistan must happen bilaterally—without foreign mediation.