No phone call took place between PM Modi and Trump between April 22 and June 17: EAM Jaishankar | WATCH
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Lok Sabha on Monday that there was no phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then-US President Donald Trump between 22 April and 17 June. His statement came during a debate on Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Addressing claims made by Trump about his alleged role in brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Jaishankar firmly rejected any suggestion of external involvement or trade linkages in India’s handling of the conflict.
“I want to make two things very clear,” Jaishankar said in Parliament. “Firstly, at no point in any conversation with the United States was there any connection made between trade and the military situation. Secondly, there was no call between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump from 22 April, when President Trump called to express his condolences, until 17 June, when he called again while the Prime Minister was in Canada, to explain why a meeting could not take place.”
Operation Sindoor was launched by India on 7 May in retaliation for the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people -- mostly civilians -- were killed by terrorists. The Indian military action led to a sharp escalation, with Pakistan responding by launching drones and missiles across the border, all of which were intercepted or neutralised.
The four-day conflict ended on 10 May, following a ceasefire understanding reached through direct communication between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both countries. According to the Indian government, it was Pakistan that initiated the contact seeking a ceasefire.
Despite former US President Trump’s repeated assertions that he facilitated the ceasefire through trade-related diplomacy, India has categorically denied these claims, maintaining that the decision to halt hostilities was purely bilateral and militarily coordinated.