India’s Modi tells Trump there was no US mediation in Pakistan truce

A top diplomat in New Delhi claims that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear to US President Donald Trump that talks between India and Pakistan were held between them, not US mediation.

Prime Minister Modi made it clear to President Trump that there had never been discussions about India-U during this time. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a press release on Wednesday that the US is negotiating a trade deal with Pakistan.

“Talks for halting military action between India and Pakistan took place directly through the existing military channels and at Pakistan’s request.” Prime Minister Modi emphasized that India has never accepted mediation and has never will.

After Modi was unable to attend the G7 summit in Canada, Misri claimed that the two leaders had a phone conversation late on Tuesday at Trump’s request. The call was made for 35 minutes.

Trump had earlier claimed last month that talks between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors reached a ceasefire after the US mediated negotiations and that the hostilities came to an end when he urged the nations to trade instead of fight.

The White House did not respond to the call between Modi and Trump right away.

Pakistan has previously stated that a ceasefire was reached after its military responded to a call made by the Indian military on May 7.

Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, refuted claims that Washington mediated the truce and insisted that Islamabad had independent acting in an interview with Al Jazeera in May.

An April 22 attack in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, that claimed the lives of 26 civilians, almost all of whom were tourists, on April 22 set off the conflict between India and Pakistan. Islamabad refuted the claim that India had blamed armed organizations it claimed to support.

India launched missile strikes on several locations in Pakistan and Kashmir, all of which were hit by the Indian missiles on May 7. The two nations exchanged air attacks and artillery over the course of three days, striking each other’s bases.

In the Indian attacks, Pakistan claimed at least 51 people were killed, including 11 soldiers and a number of children.

According to the Indian military, at least five of the country’s military personnel died during Operation Sindoor, which started the cross-border bombings.