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'I Was In The Room...:' Jaishankar
Rebuts Trump's Ceasefire Claim,
Recounts India-Pakistan Conflict
Chronology
Story by Apoorva Misra • 1h • 2 min read
Jaishankar emphasised that there was no link between trade negotiations and the
ceasefire decision. (PTI)
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has once again firmly rejected
US President Donald Trump’s assertion that trade was used as
leverage to push India and Pakistan into agreeing to a ceasefire
following the escalation of tensions in the aftermath of the Pahalgam
attack.
Speaking exclusively with Newsweek in New York, Jaishankar refuted
claims that trade was a factor in the diplomatic discussions, asserting
that India’s position on the ceasefire was driven by security interests,
not external pressure.
Detailing his first-hand account of the talks between New Delhi and
Washington before the ceasefire agreement with Islamabad,
Jaishankar emphasised that there was no link between trade
negotiations and the ceasefire decision. He revealed that he was with
Prime Minister Narendra Modi when US Vice-President JD Vance
contacted him by phone, clarifying that no such trade-condition
linkage was discussed from India’s side.
“I can tell you that I was in the room when Vice President Vance
spoke to Prime Minister Modi on the night of May 9, saying that the
Pakistanis would launch a very massive assault on India…We did not
accept certain things, and the Prime Minister was impervious to what
the Pakistanis were threatening to do,” the minister said, adding: “On
the contrary, he (PM Modi) indicated that there would be a response
from us.”
Sharing the chronology of the events leading up to the ceasefire,
Jaishankar said after Vance’s call, what followed the next morning
was a call between the foreign minister and US Secretary of State
Marco Rubio who told him that “Pakistanis were ready to talk”. Later
that afternoon, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations,
Major General Kashif Abdullah, directly called his Indian counterpart,
Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, to seek a ceasefire.
“So, I can only tell you from my personal experience what happened,”
Jaishankar told Newsweek’s CEO Dev Pragad in a fireside chat.
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PM running away from Manipur
situation, Trump's claims : Congress
jabs Modi ahead of tour
2h • 3 min read
PM running away from Manipur situation, Trump's claims : Congress jabs Modi ahead of
tour
Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit
abroad, the Congress on Tuesday said the "frequent flier PM" is off
on a five-nation "jaunt" and alleged that he is running away from
four issues, including the Manipur situation and US President Donald
Trump's claims about bringing about a ceasefire between India and
Pakistan.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam
Ramesh also alleged that the prime minister is running away from
the "revelations by defence officials that India suffered reverses in
the first two days of Operation Sindoor because of the PM's
decisions".
Prime Minister Modi will embark on a five-nation tour beginning July
2 to participate in the BRICS Summit in Brazil and expand India's ties
with several key nations of the Global South.
"When the going gets tough, the self-styled toughs get going. The
Super Premium Frequent Flier PM is off on a 5-nation, 8-day jaunt,"
Ramesh said in a post on X.
He is running away from at least four issues that are agitating the
nation, Ramesh said.
Ramesh alleged that the PM is running away from Manipur, "which
he has not visited ever since the double engine in the state got
derailed and ever since normal life in the state has got totally
destroyed".
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