Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Wednesday clarified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmly acknowledged “India has never accepted, and will never accept,” third-party mediation in issues such because the current counterterrorism motion in Pakistan, below “Operation Sindoor“. He added that there’s “full political unanimity” on this stand.“PM Modi stressed that India never accepted mediation, it does not accept it now, nor will it ever do that. On this issue, there is full political unanimity,” Misri stated in the course of the briefing.Misri famous, “Prime Minister Modi made it clear to President Trump that during this entire episode, at no time, at any level, were issues such as India-US trade deal or mediation by the US between India and Pakistan discussed. The halt to military action was discussed directly between India and Pakistan, through existing channels of the two armies, and was at the request of Pakistan.”He additionally knowledgeable that regardless of US President Donald Trump‘s early departure from the G7 Summit in Canada, PM Modi held a cellphone dialog with him, at Trump’s request. The dialogue primarily targeted on India’s anti-terror motion below Operation Sindoor focusing on terror bases in Pakistan. The two leaders had been earlier scheduled to fulfill on the sidelines of the summit.During the decision, PM Modi instructed Trump that “India now regards terrorism not as proxy war but actual war.” Trump, in flip, conveyed his condolences over the current terror assault in Pahalgam that killed 26 folks.While Trump has beforehand claimed credit score for mediating between India and Pakistan and stated he “brokered” a ceasefire to stop nuclear escalation, PM Modi’s newest feedback make India’s place on mediation unequivocally clear.Read: ‘India now regards terrorism not as proxy conflict however precise conflict’: PM Modi tells Trump; rejects mediation claims
