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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Moda hold a joint press conference in the east house in the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first conversation with the American president Donald Trump Since the beginning in May, the conflict between India and Pakistan to express his frustration in the face of Trump’s repeated statements that he played an important role in negotiating a ceasefire Between the two countries with nuclear arms.
“Prime Minister Modi has firmly declared that India will not accept and never accept mediation. There is a full political consensus in India on this subject,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs statement.
During a telephone call on Tuesday between the two leaders, Moda “clearly transmitted” to Trump that the United States did not play any role in mediation between India and Pakistan and denied any discussion on a trade agreement, said Misri.
The 35-minute call was launched by Trump, he added.
The White House did not provide a separate reading of the call.
The two leaders spoke for the last time in early May, after April terrorist attack By Islamist activists in the region under Indian Control of Kashmir, killed 26 civilians.
India responded with a bombardment in tit-for-tat in Pakistan, resulting in one four -day conflict This threatened to explode in a broader warfown in decades of tensions between the two countries.
Trump has claimed on several occasions That the United States has played an important role in the possible de-escalation of tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.
“I stopped war between Pakistan and India,” said Trump outside the White House on Wednesday, where he called Modi “a fantastic man”.
Trump also recently compared the current conflict between Israel and Iran to India-Pakistan conflict last month. Asset On Sunday, Israel and Iran should conclude an agreement “just as I have concluded India and Pakistan”.
The strident tone of the India Declaration on Wednesday is probably due to Trump’s decision to welcome the chief of staff of the Pakistan army for lunch in the White House.
Trump told the White House journalists that lunch was intended to “thank him for not having entered the war” and to discuss a potential trade agreement with the country.
The president also praised visible progress in a commercial agreement with India.
Trump and Modi were to meet in person at the G7 top in Canada this week. But Trump left a day earlierWith the White House saying that he cut the trip due to tensions in the Middle East.
