Anadolu Staff
18 June 2025•Update: 18 June 2025
ANKARA
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed the US president that India will not accept third-party mediation with Pakistan, after Donald Trump's announcement that he would work with the two South Asian rivals to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
He clarified that the US has no role in India's recent ceasefire with Pakistan.
Modi conveyed New Delhi’s position during a 35-minute-long phone conversation with Trump, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.
The prime minister informed the US president that India has "never accepted third-party mediation and will not accept such mediation in the future" in its conflict with Pakistan, according to Misri's video statement broadcast by state-run DD News.
Under the Simla Pact signed in 1972, India and Pakistan have agreed to solve their disputes bilaterally.
At the height of hostilities between India and Pakistan last month, triggered by the April 22 attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, Trump announced on May 10 that the US mediated a ceasefire, saying he prevented a potential nuclear war by using trade and direct diplomacy between the two South Asian nuclear-armed nations.
The ceasefire remains in effect until now. However, Modi said the US has no role in mediation with Pakistan.
It took place between existing channels of the Indian and Pakistani militaries and "at Pakistan's request," Modi claimed.
There were "no discussions on a trade deal between India and the US or about a mediation between India and Pakistan," Misri added.
India “will now treat acts of terrorism not as proxy actions but as acts of war,” Modi told the US president, according to the Indian official.
As of the time of publication, there was no immediate reaction from Islamabad about Modi’s phone call with Trump.
