The rare one-on-one meeting between a Pakistani military chief and a U.S. president could rile India after the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals in South Asia for decades, which Trump took responsibility for helping defuse.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump during a phone call that India's military response to the Pahalgam terror attack and the eventual cessation of hostilities with Pakistan were based solely on India's strategic decisions and direct military communication with Pakistan.