Overview
- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Beijing "mediated" the standoff while presenting broader peace efforts at a symposium in Beijing.
- Indian officials and government sources stated the ceasefire was a bilateral DGMO understanding set at 15:35 on May 10 with no third-party role.
- The confrontation followed the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and India’s retaliatory Operation Sindoor, which ran for four days.
- Opposition leader Jairam Ramesh demanded clarity after the claim, citing earlier allegations by senior Indian officers that China supported Pakistan during the clashes.
- Reports also noted President Trump’s repeated assertions of U.S. mediation and a U.S. commission’s finding of Chinese disinformation and post-conflict weapons promotion.