India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire after four days of escalating attacks, calming worries about a war between the two nuclear-armed countries.

India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire, which came into effect starting at 5 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET).

During a news conference, Misri said that Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) held a phone call with his Indian counterpart earlier on Saturday afternoon local time. During the call, it was agreed that both sides “would stop all firing and military action” from 5 p.m. Indian Standard Time.

Misri added that the directors general of the two countries are scheduled to speak again on Monday.

“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire,” U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Saturday. The two sides later confirmed that a ceasefire deal had been reached.

The two governments agreed “to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a separate post on social media. Rubio said that he and U.S. Vice President JD Vance over the past 48 hours “have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials” to bring about the ceasefire.