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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are conducting a joint press conference in the Eastern Room of the White House in Washington, Colombia County, on February 13, 2025.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first conversation with the US President Donald Trump Since the beginning of May, the conflict between India and Pakistan to express his dissatisfaction with Trump’s repeated allegations that he has played a significant role in the mediation of a cessation between the two countries with nuclear weapons.
“Prime Minister Modi firmly stated that India does not do it and will never accept mediation. There is a complete political consensus in India,” said Foreign Secretary Vikram Missy in A A statementS
During a telephone call on Tuesday between the two leaders, Modi “clearly” clearly “to Trump, that the United States did not play any role in the mediation between India and Pakistan and denied any discussion about a trade deal, said Miri.
The 35-minute call was initiated by Trump, he added.
The White House did not provide separate reporting of the conversation.
The two leaders last spoke in early May after April terrorist attack From Islamist fighters in India -controlled region, Kashmir killed 26 civilians.
India responded with Tit-tat bombing in Pakistan, which led to a Four -day conflict This threatened to explode in a broader war, nourished for decades of tension between the two countries.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States played a significant role in the possible de -escalation of tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.
“I stopped the war between Pakistan and India,” Trump told the White House on Wednesday, where he called Modi a “fantastic man.”
Recently, Trump also compared the current conflict between Israel and Iran with the conflict in India and Pakistan last month. Trump He said on Sunday that Israel and Iran should make a deal “Just like I have India and Pakistan to do.”
The strict tone of India’s statement on Wednesday is probably due to Trump’s decision to host Pakistan’s Army Headquarters for lunch at the White House.
Trump told the White House reporters that lunch was intended to “thank that he had not entered the war” and discuss a potential trade deal with the country.
The president also announced obvious progress in the trade deal with India.
Trump and Modi were planned to meet personally at the G7 summit in Canada this week. But Trump Early dayWith the White House, which says he has interrupted the trip due to tensions in the Middle East.