No call between PM Modi, Trump during Operation Sindoor, trade not discussed: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday told Parliament that there was no phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump during Operation Sindoor.
“I want to make two things clear: one, at no stage in any conversation with the US, was there any linkage with trade and what was going on,” Jaishankar said during a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Pahalgam terror attack and the four-day India-Pakistan conflict.
“Secondly, there was no call between the Prime Minister and President Trump from April 22, when President Trump called up to convey his sympathy, and June 17 when he called up the PM in Canada to explain why he could not meet him,” he added.
The external affairs minister’s remark came against the backdrop of Trump repeatedly claiming that he helped India and Pakistan settle the tensions. The US president has also claimed that he pressured both countries into accepting the ceasefire by threatening to stop trade with them.
New Delhi has rejected Trump’s assertions.
Jaishankar also said that Operation Sindoor had ensured that terrorists would no longer be treated as proxies, adding that the military action created a “new normal” by conveying that cross-border terror attacks from Pakistan would draw an “appropriate response”.
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