 "'India doesn't accept mediation on Kashmir:' PM Modi tells Trump after US Prez requested phone call")
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump, and the two leaders discussed various issues, including Operation Sindoor, in a call that lasted for 35 minutes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced Wednesday (June 18).
Both leaders were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada but Trump cut his visit short due to spiralling tensions in West Asia.
The call with PM Modi was arranged on the request of President Trump, according to reports.
The Indian leader made it clear that the US had no role to play in the mediation between India and Pakistan following a four-day military conflict last month.
PM Modi stressed that the talks regarding halting military action took place directly between India and Pakistan, through existing channels between the two militaries, and that too at Pakistan’s own request.
Prime Minister Modi firmly stated that India “has never accepted mediation, does not accept it, and will never accept it.”
PM Modi also clarified that at no point during this entire episode was there any discussion about an India-US trade deal, as earlier claimed by Trump.
President Trump asked PM Modi if he could make a stop in the US on his way back from Canada. Due to prior commitments, PM Modi expressed his inability to do so. Notably, the Indian leader is scheduled to visit Croatia on his way back home.
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During the phone call, PM Modi stated that India had strongly conveyed its resolve to combat terrorism globally following the Pahalgam terror attack.
He noted that on May 6-7 night, India precisely targeted only terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, with a measured, non-escalatory approach.
Modi stressed that India would respond to Pakistan’s bullets with shells and clarified that no discussions on a US-India trade deal or US mediation between India and Pakistan occurred.
He described terrorism as a full-scale war, not a proxy war, and confirmed that ‘Operation Sindoor’ is ongoing, with India ready to retaliate strongly to Pakistani gunfire.
Trump expressed support for India’s anti-terrorism efforts.
This call coincides with his scheduled lunch with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, later on Wednesday.
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