Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in the Outreach session about energy security on the 51st G7 top in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada | Photocredit: @meaindia via pti photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clarified US President Donald Trump in a telephone conversation that the proposed India-US Handelsdeal was never discussed in connection with Operation Sindoor and there was no American mediation between India and Pakistan, said Foreign Minister Vikram Miskri.
The two leaders spoke about 35 minutes on the phone after a personal meeting planned on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Canada could not take place because of the early departure of Trump of the meeting on Tuesday, Miskri said in a statement on Wednesday.
‘Never agree with mediation’
“PM Modi clearly told President Trump that during the entire episode (Operation Sindoor) never, at any level, the India-US Trading deal was discussed. There was also no talk about the US who mediated between India and Pakistan. Missicre, “said Miskri, who give details of the telephone conversation, the details of the telephone conversation.
Modi also emphasized that India had never agreed to mediation to Pakistan and would never do this in the future and there was a political consensus on this issue.
Trump and his assistants claimed several times that during Operation Sindoor, who was performed against Pakistan against Pakistan last month, had helped the US to put an end to escalation in military tensions by trading as an instrument to think of peace.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Miskri talks about the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. PM Modi made it clear that no mediation or trade agreement led to an understanding of stopping hostilities with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. | Photocredit: @meaindia via pti photo
Trumpetal claims
Operation Sindoor was a targeted campaign by India, started on 7 May to dismantle terror infrastructure in Pakistan, in response to a horrible terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, on 22 April, who killed 26 people.
On 10 May it was Trump who for the first time announced a “Stakes -furen” between the two countries, which was later confirmed by India and Pakistan.
“And we helped a lot, and we also helped with the trade … I said, if you stop it, we do it. If you don’t stop, we’re not going to trade. People have never really used the trade as I used it. That way I can tell you, and suddenly they said, I think we are going to stop.
Mutual rates
Both India and Pakistan work on bilateral trade agreements with the US to avoid mutual rates that are individually announced by Trump on countries with which America has a trade deficit. While Trump imposed a baseline rate of 10 percent on all countries in April, the remaining mutual rates for a period of 90 days until July 9 became.
New Delhi hopes for an interim pact before July 9 to prevent the US from imposing the full mutual rate of 26 percent, baking the rate of 10 percent and removing the sector-specific rates on steel and aluminum and cars. The first tranche of the fully-fledged India-US BTA is expected in the autumn of 2025 (September-October).
Modi described Operation Sindoor to Trump in details during the telephone conversation, because it was the first time that the two leaders changed each other after the US President had spoken his grief and sympathies on April 22, after the terror attack.
“PM Modi said that India had only focused on terror basses in Pakistan and Pok in the night (early hours) from 6-7 May. The actions of India were measured, accurate and non-escalating,” Miskri said.
Trump invited modes to meet during his current visit to the US, but due to an existing schedule, the Indian Prime Minister could not accept the invitation. Both leaders agreed to meet each other in the near future, Miskri said.
Published on June 18, 2025
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