To clarify, Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed US President Donald Trump in a phone conversation that the US did not facilitate the ceasefire between India and Pakistan last month and that there was no conversation regarding a US-India trade agreement amidst the conflict.
PM Modi also turned down Trump’s invitation for a brief visit to Washington DC while returning from the G7 Summit in Canada, referencing his planned trip to Croatia on June 18.
Clarifying the 35-minute discussion, initiated by Trump, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stated that PM Modi explicitly informed President Trump that throughout the entire situation, there was never any dialogue regarding a US-India trade agreement or US involvement in mediation between India and Pakistan.
This marked the initial conversation between the two leaders since India’s initiation of Operation Sindoor on May 7, occurring just hours before a meeting between Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Trump.
Modi to Trump on Op Sindoor
The planned meeting between the two leaders at the G7 Summit could not occur as Trump hurried back to the United States on Tuesday due to the intensifying Israel-Iran conflict.
During the conversation, PM Modi updated Trump on Operation Sindoor, stressing that India’s measures were “calibrated, exact, and non-escalatory.”
PM Modi also disclosed that on the evening of May 9, US Vice President JD Vance informed India regarding a possible extensive attack by Pakistan. PM Modi informed Trump that India had stated it would retaliate with even more strength if provoked.
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