A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict, New Delhi and Washington differ about the way it was achieved.
“That... became the driver and in a sense the hurry which with Trump announced the ceasefire,“ said Pant from the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation (ORF) think tank.
New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing the militants it claimed were behind the attack, which Pakistan denies.
He later boasted about bringing India and Pakistan “back from the brink”, telling Fox News on Friday it was “a bigger success than I’ll ever be given credit for”.
India and Pakistan claim the currently divided Kashmir in full. New Delhi considers the Himalayan region an internal matter, with politicians long viewing external mediation as a sign of weakness.
India was also quick to dismiss Trump's suggestion that trade pressures hastened a truce.
'Upstaged'
But India is being “very cautious” because it is in negotiations for a trade deal with Washington to avoid steep tarriffs, he said.
It is also a thorny matter domestically.
It also demanded an all-party meeting to ask whether India is changing its policy on “third-party mediation” for Kashmir, disputed between Pakistan and India.
'Irritating'
“So India would obviously respond to that and deny that... about as politely as they feel they can get away with,“ said South Asia researcher Pramit Pal Chaudhuri of political consultancy Eurasia Group.
On Thursday, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar reaffirmed that “where Pakistan is concerned, our relations, our dealings with them will be bilateral, and strictly bilateral.”
“(I said) let’s do trade instead of war. And Pakistan was very happy with that, and India was very happy with that,“ Trump said in his speech.
According to Joshi, “the hyphenation of India and Pakistan” is also “irritating” for New Delhi, which has tried to carve out a separate identity on the global stage.
“(Modi) can’t personally counter Trump, and despite attempts by India’s big media to play it down, social media amplifies Trump,“ Singh said.
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