Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with US President Donald Trump and set the record straight that Operation Sindoor was “paused” following a request from Pakistan and not due to mediation or offer of a trade deal by the US. In a 35-minute phone call with Trump on Tuesday, Modi briefed the US President on Operation Sindoor launched by India against terror sites in Pakistan and made it clear that countries that support terrorism must face the consequences. This was the first conversation between Trump and Modi after the pause in Operation Sindoor last month.“PM Modi clarified that no topics related to trade were discussed in connection with Operation Sindoor. He asserted that India has never accepted third-party mediation and will not accept such mediation,” Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a statement on the Modi-Trump phone call.
During the phone call, Modi said India responded strongly to Pakistan’s attack on the intervening night of May 9-10 which led to heavy losses to Pakistan’s military infrastructure and rendered their airbases inoperable. Modi told Trump that India’s strong response to Pakistan forced it to urge India to stop the military campaign. The Prime Minister told Trump clearly that in this entire chain of events, there was no discussion of an India-US trade deal and there was no reference to US mediation between India and Pakistan, Misri said. Modi also told Trump that he had declared that bullets from Pakistan would be responded with cannon balls (goli ka jawab gole se diya jayega).Misri said Trump understood the issue after hearing the Prime Minister and expressed support for India’s fight against terrorism.
POTUS @realDonaldTrump called PM @narendramodi.
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Listen to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s statement on the telephone conversation. pic.twitter.com/7TcZHDzXDd
He said Trump invited Modi, who was Canada to attend the G-7 meeting, to visit the US on his return journey from Canada. Modi invited Trump to visit India for the Quad Summit likely later this year.Trump had left the meeting mid-way amid rising hostilities between Israel and Iran.
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