Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed US President Donald Trump during a phone conversation that the United States had no involvement in facilitating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan last month, and that no discussions regarding a US-India trade agreement took place during the period of heightened tensions.
According to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who appeared in a video posted by DDNews on platform X, Modi conveyed to Trump “clearly” that “during entire Operation Sindoor there were no discussions at any level on India-US trade deal or any mediation by the US for ceasefire between India and Pakistan.”
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. In retaliation, India launched airstrikes inside Pakistani territory in the early hours of May 7. Pakistan responded by downing six Indian aircraft, including Rafale jets, and launching strikes on Indian military installations on May 9, and 10.
Despite these developments, President Trump has repeatedly asserted that he played a role in brokering peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
He also suggested that trade negotiations contributed to what he characterized as a ceasefire—an assertion India has dismissed, instead describing the situation as a cessation of hostilities, not a formally negotiated truce.
In one instance, Trump said in May, “If you take a look at what we just did with Pakistan and India. We settled that whole, and I think I settled it through trade.” He further remarked, “And I said, ‘What are you guys doing?’ Somebody had to be the last one to shoot…”
