PM Modi told Trump ‘India will never accept mediation’ on tensions with Pakistan: MEA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told United States President Donald Trump that India will never accept mediation to resolve tensions with Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.
In a statement about the phone call between the two leaders, Misri said that the topic came up when Trump asked the prime minister for details about India’s military strikes – codenamed Operation Sindoor – on Pakistan in May.
The prime minister told the US president that India’s military actions during Operation Sindoor were “measured” and the strikes had targeted only terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the foreign secretary said.
Trump was also told that the New Delhi had agreed to the ceasefire only on Islamabad’s request, he said.
“Prime Minister Modi made it clear to President Trump that during this entire episode, at no time, at any level, were issues such as India-US trade deal or mediation by the US between India and Pakistan discussed,” Misri said.
Misri quoted Modi as having reiterated that the “halt to military action was discussed directly between India and Pakistan, through existing channels of the two armies, and was at the request of Pakistan”.
This came against the backdrop of the US president repeatedly claiming that he helped settle the tensions between India and Pakistan. New Delhi has rejected Trump’s assertions.
Misri also noted that...
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