No recent contact between Modi, Trump after US's China claim; Know more
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New Delhi, May 29: The Ministry of External Affairs rejects the claimed of US President Donald Trump and the government had clarified that no conversation has taken place between Prime Minister Modi And Trump in recent time, hours after Trump claimed that he had spoken to PM Modi about the India-China standoff and that he was not in a good mood about the conflict.
“There has been no recent contact between PM Modi and President Trump. The last conversation between them was on April 4, 2020, on the subject of hydroxychloroquine. Yesterday, MEA had also made it clear that we are directly in touch with the Chinese through established mechanisms and diplomatic contacts,” the sources said. Meanwhile, the MEA further confirmed that India and China are directly in contact with each other through the established mechanism and diplomatic contacts.
PM Modi and President Trump have not spoken to each other since April 4th. What imaginary conversations is POTUS having? https://t.co/O149eHUekh
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) May 29, 2020
While interacting with journalists in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, when Trump was asked about the situation between India and Beijing he said, " We have a big conflict going on between India and China, two countries with 1.4 billion people and very powerful militaries. India is not happy and probably China is not happy. I did speak to Prime Minister Modi. He is not in a good mood about what's going on with China," at the Oval Office.
#BREAKING: US President @realDonaldTrump says that he has spoken to Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi who is not in a good mood about border tension with China. Interesting how he equates both India/China, saying two countries with 1.4 billion people & very powerful militaries. pic.twitter.com/Wv0l3LuLL0
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 28, 2020
This remark has come a day after he offered to mediate on the ongoing border dispute between India and China. At the press conference, Trump was also asked about his offer to mediate between the two countries. “I would do that [mediate] If they [India and China] thought it would help,” he said. Moreover, Trump previously offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, a proposal that was rejected by New Delhi.
The situation in eastern Ladakh deteriorated after around 250 Chinese and Indian soldiers were engaged in a violent face-off on the evening of May 5 which spilled over to the next day before the two sides agreed to "disengage" following a meeting at the level of local commanders. Over 100 Indian and Chinese soldiers were injured in the violence. The incident in Pangong Tso was followed by a similar incident in North Sikkim on May 9.