Modi says US did not mediate ceasefire with Pakistan as India-Canada ties thaw
India has once again insisted there was no US involvement in its ceasefire with Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told US President Donald Trump that the truce happened directly through existing military channels between India and Pakistan. Mr Trump had said that the ceasefire came about after he intervened. Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, India and Canada have agreed to return ambassadors to each other's capitals, after a meeting between Mr Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney. Ishan Garg reports from Mumbai.
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