John Mecklin
After days of cross-border military strikes against one another, India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday, with Pakistan crediting the United States for its help in facilitating the agreement. After President Trump revealed the ceasefire on his social media site, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued this press statement:
Over the past 48 hours, Vice President 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.
Saturday’s agreement followed four days of hostilities that included drone and artillery attacks from both countries. It was not clear that the ceasefire agreement had ended all military action; according to the New York Times, cross-border firing was reported “in some areas of the Indian part of Kashmir,” and a senior Indian official confirmed that there had also been firing along the boundary between India and Pakistan.
We thank President Trump for his leadership and proactive role for peace in the region .
Pakistan appreciates the United States for facilitating this outcome, which we have accepted in the interest of regional peace and stability.
We also thank Vice President JD Vance and…
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) May 10, 2025
The recent round of fighting between the two nuclear-armed adversaries began on Tuesday, when India—in what it code-named Operation Sindoor—fired missiles at multiple sites in Pakistan, claiming that those sites were “terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.” The operation came in response to a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in April that killed 26 tourists, all but one of whom was Indian. India blames Pakistan for the attack; the Pakistani government denies complicity.
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