The president's comments came after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire following weeks of escalating clashes.

WASHINGTON—Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire following U.S.-led talks to end an intensifying military confrontation, President Donald Trump announced in a post on his Truth Social media platform Saturday morning.

For a presidency with precious-little foreign policy expertise at its fingertips, the Trump administration wasted no time this weekend wading into possibly the most complex international thicket on the global map.