Donald Trump pointed to the decision-making of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, calling them “two very smart people” who chose to pull back from the brink of a potential nuclear conflict.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first conversation with President Donald Trump since the early May conflict between India and Pakistan to express his frustration with Trump’s repeated claims that he played a significant role in brokering a ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed countries.