India Rejects China’s Claim of Mediating India-Pakistan Ceasefire

India has categorically rejected China’s claim that it played a mediating role during the recent military confrontation between India and Pakistan, reiterating that the ceasefire understanding reached after Operation Sindoor involved no third party.

Official sources in New Delhi told CNN-News18 that India “firmly rejects” Beijing’s assertion, underlining that the cessation of hostilities was achieved solely through direct military-to-military communication between India and Pakistan, without the involvement of any external actor.

The rebuttal follows remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who claimed that China had helped mediate tensions between India and Pakistan as part of its broader diplomatic engagement in global conflict zones. According to news agency PTI, Wang made the statement while addressing the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations in Beijing.

Referring to heightened geopolitical instability this year, Wang said China had adopted an “objective and just stance” in addressing international flashpoints. “Following this Chinese approach to settling hotspot issues, we mediated in northern Myanmar, the Iranian nuclear issue, the tensions between Pakistan and India, the issues between Palestine and Israel, and the recent conflict between Cambodia and Thailand,” he said.

Indian government sources, however, have strongly dismissed the claim, stressing that no mediation occurred after Operation Sindoor. They reiterated that it was Pakistan that sought a truce following India’s military action.

“India’s position on mediation has always been clear. There was no mediation after Operation Sindoor. India does not accept third-party intervention. Pakistan requested a ceasefire through a call to India’s Director General of Military Operations,” sources told NDTV.

India Today also quoted officials as reaffirming that the ceasefire understanding was arrived at directly between the DGMOs of the two countries. “Our position has been clarified on several occasions. The India-Pakistan ceasefire was agreed to bilaterally between the two DGMOs,” a source said.

Claims of third-party mediation have surfaced repeatedly since the four-day military confrontation, including assertions by US President Donald Trump that Washington played a role in defusing the crisis. India has consistently rejected such assertions.

The Ministry of External Affairs reiterated India’s position at a press briefing on May 13, stating that the ceasefire understanding was worked out directly between the Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan.

“The specific date, time and wording of the understanding were finalised during a phone call between the two DGMOs on May 10, 2025, commencing at 15.35 hours,” the MEA said, adding that New Delhi does not accept any form of third-party intervention in matters concerning India and Pakistan.