NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri, during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, categorically stated that the call for pause in Indo-Pakistan hostilities was taken after DGMO-to-DGMO talks, rebutting Trump’s claims about brokering the end of hostilities on May 10 – the subject making for animated questions from MPs, who questioned why did the govt allow Trump to take centre stage and did not officially contradict his claims.Misri is learnt to have added that Trump made his claims about “ceasefire” on social media, and not through any official channel, where India could have put its point across. At the same time, the top official underlined that Trump had since modified his statement on “mediation” by toning it down to “help”. MEA also said no other country has any locus standi to comment on issues of J&K.Significantly, the over two-hour-long in-camera session saw the foreign secretary ruling out restoration of normalcy with Pakistan in near future.Questioned repeatedly, Misri informed panel members that Pakistan’s DGMO Maj Gen Kashif Abdullah made the first attempt to establish contact with his Indian counterpart at 9.15 am on May 10. However, Indian DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai was by that time in a huddle with top officials and could not take the call. Shortly afterwards, officials from the Pakistan high commission reached out to MEA to inform it of the Pakistani DGMO’s attempt to reach Ghai, after which the two had a brief, first, conversation at 1.15 pm. The first round in which the Pakistan DGMO conveyed willingness to cease hostilities was followed by a formal conversation at 3.30 pm, leading to an understanding on the pause.The timeline provided by foreign secretary corroborated the report previously published by TOI in this regard.The parliamentary panel is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and comprises Ravi Shankar Prasad, Asaduddin Owaisi, Sudhanshu Trivedi Abhishek Banerjee, Sagarika Ghose, Rajeev Shukla, John Brittas, Aparajita Sarangi, AD Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda. A record 24 members, including the chairperson, attended the meet.Misri also told the panel that the conflict had completely remained in the conventional domain, and there was no nuclear signalling from Pakistan, sources said – a contradiction of the reports that Pakistan had brandished nuclear threat during the face-off, with some even claiming that the threat had led to the US to intervene.To questions about Pakistan using Chinese weapons, Misri said India had hammered nine Pakistani air bases, and the platforms Pakistan used to launch weapons were immaterial.The meeting witnessed a lot of queries about Turkiye coming out in support of Pakistan, with a senior member stating that India had old relations with Turkey. But Misri responded that Turkiye had traditionally not been a supporter of India. He also denied that India was diplomatically isolated during the conflict.Meanwhile, MEA told MPs that Pakistan has been making “baseless allegations” of India sponsoring terrorism and carrying out extra-judicial killings in Pakistan. “These allegations are intended to draw a false equivalence between India and Pakistan as both being victims of cross-border terrorism, which was not the case. Pakistan’s track record as a terror sanctuary is well-established and rooted in solid facts and evidence,” it said.Misri denied that foreign minister S Jaishankar had informed Pakistan about India’s attack, as has been made out from his video comment. He said the minister was referring to just after the first phase of ‘Operation Sindoor’ when India had carried out attacks on Pakistan terror bases.