External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims on mediating the India-Pakistan ceasefire, saying both sides "directly negotiated" the ceasefire.

The India-Pakistan understanding on cessation of hostilities was arrived at following direct negotiations between the two sides, Jaishankar said while speaking to Dutch broadcaster NOS.

The minister also said that India will again hit terrorists in Pakistan in response to any future terror strikes like the one in Pahalgam, suggesting that it was the reason why Operation Sindoor has not been concluded.

Jaishankar also said that the government was very clear that if there is such an attack, there will be a response.

"The operation continues because there is a clear message in that operation - that if there are acts of the kind we saw on April 22, there will be a response, that we will hit the terrorists," he said.

"If the terrorists are in Pakistan, we will hit them where they are. So, there is a message in continuing the operation but continuing the operation is not the same as firing on each other," he said.

In a separate interview to Dutch daily De Volkskrant, Jaishankar said "stop pretending Pakistan is not involved in terrorist attacks on India."

Jaishankar was asked about his December 2022 remark labelling Pakistan the 'epicentre of terrorism', to which he responded, "I'm not suggesting it... I'm stating it."

"Suppose there were military centres in the middle of Amsterdam, in which tens of thousands gather for military training. Would you say your government knows nothing about that?" the minister said.

Under Operation Sindoor, India carried out precision strikes on nine terror infrastructures early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

Following the Indian action, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10. The Pakistani attempts were strongly responded to by the Indian side.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on May 10 announced that India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, with immediate effect.

In his remarks, Jaishankar said the arrangement on cessation of hostilities was firmed up by the Indian and the Pakistani sides.

"When two countries are engaged in a conflict, it is natural that countries in the world call up and try to sort of indicate their concern," he said.

"But the cessation of firing and military action was something which was negotiated directly between India and Pakistan. We made one thing very clear to everybody who spoke to us, not just the US but to everybody, saying if the Pakistanis want to stop fighting, they need to tell us. We need to hear it from them. Their general has to call up our general and say this. And that is what happened," Jaishankar added.