US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. Photo: VCG

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump late on Tuesday that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the two militaries and not US mediation, Reuters reported citing Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

Trump had said last month that the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours agreed to a ceasefire after talks mediated by the US, and that the hostilities ended after he urged the countries to focus on trade instead of war, per Reuters.

Modi held a 35-minute call with Trump on Tuesday night in the US after the two leaders failed to meet in person at the G7 meeting in Canada, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a video statement, Bloomberg reported.

"PM Modi clearly told President Trump that during this entire incident, at no time, at any level, were there any talks on issues like India-US trade deal or mediation between India and Pakistan through America," he said, per Bloomberg "PM Modi stressed that India has never accepted mediation, does not accept it, and will never accept it."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the Modi-Trump call, per Reuters

According to Xinhua News Agency, Pakistan and India announced on May 10 that they agreed on a ceasefire. The announcement came following four days of military strikes on each other.

Global Times