No Mediation on Pak Acceptable: Modi to Trump
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President
Donald Trump
that India has never asked for, and will never accept, third-party mediation to address its dispute with
Pakistan
. Modi also told Trump that India now treats acts of
terrorism
not as proxy actions, but as acts of war.
The two leaders spoke over the phone late on Tuesday. Modi was in Canada to attend the G7 Summit. The conversation took place ahead of Trump's luncheon meeting with visiting Pakistan Army chief, General Syed Asim Munir.
Briefing the press on Wednesday morning, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said the phone call lasted approximately 35 minutes. Modi briefed Trump about Operation Sindoor, according to Misri. No topics related to trade were discussed in connection with the operation.
'The Prime Minister said talks regarding cessation of military action were held directly between India and Pakistan,' Misri said.
This was 'under the existing channels established between both militaries. It was done at Pakistan's request,' said Misri.
Modi also said India's actions were 'very measured, precise and non-escalatory.'
He also revealed that on the night of May 9, US vice president JD Vance had alerted India about a potential large-scale Pakistani attack. The PM told Trump that India had made it clear it would respond with even greater force, if provoked.
Trump asked if Modi could stop over in the US on his way back from Canada, but the Prime Minister expressed his inability to do so due to prior commitments.
Both leaders agreed to meet in the near future, Misri said. A physical meeting between Modi and Trump was not possible in Canada as the US President left the summit early.
This was the first conversation between the two leaders since Operation Sindoor.
The phone call is significant in the context of a lunch meeting between Trump and Munir. This is a rare meeting between a US president and a Pakistan Army chief in recent years.
Munir is also expected to meet secretary of state Marco Rubio and defence secretary Pete Hegseth. There are reports Pakistan can provide airspace and assets to the US military for its strikes against Iran.
Interestingly, Modi did not meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Canada, though it was earlier scheduled. He met leaders of France, Italy, Germany, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and Brazil, besides host Canada.
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