Just hours after United States President Donald Trump claimed that he had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the border conflict...
Just hours after United States President Donald Trump claimed that he had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the border conflict between India and China, the government denied that there any had been any recent contact between the two leaders, ANI reported, quoting unidentified officials.
“The last conversation between them [Modi and Trump] was on April 4 on the subject of hydroxychloroquine,” unidentified officials told the news agency.
The Centre also said that India and China had been communicating about the border dispute directly. “Yesterday [Wednesday], the Ministry of External Affairs had also made it clear that we are directly in touch with the Chinese through established mechanisms and diplomatic contacts,” The Indian Express quoted government officials as saying.
On Thursday, Trump referred to the border tensions between India and China as a “big conflict” and said that Modi was not in “in a good mood” because of the situation. A day before that, Trump had offered to mediate between India and China amid the escalating border tensions.
In response to Trump’s offer on China, India on Thursday said its troops were approaching border management responsibly and that the two countries had mechanisms in place to resolve tensions through bilateral talks.
Over the last two weeks, Chinese troops have clashed with the Indian Army at several...
