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New Delhi, May 13: There was no reference to trade in talks between top leaders of India and the US during the India-Pakistan military conflict, government sources said on Monday after American President Donald Trump claimed that he pressured New Delhi and Islamabad to stop hostilities by threatening to cut trade with both countriesUS Vice President JD Vance spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9 but there was no reference to trade in the conversation, the sources said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAfter Operation Sindoor commenced, Vice President Vance spoke to the prime minister on May 9,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSecretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 8 and May 10 and to NSA (National Security Advisor) Ajit Doval on May 10. There was no reference to trade in any of these discussions,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
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The source-based clarification came after Trump on Monday said he forced the two countries to stop the hostilities by using the trade card.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI said, \u2018Come on, we\u2019re going to do a lot of trade with you guys. Let\u2019s stop it. Let\u2019s stop it. If you stop it, we\u2019re doing trade. If you don\u2019t stop it, we\u2019re not going to do any trade\u2019,\u201d Trump said at a press conference in the White House.<\/p>\n
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The US president\u2019s remarks came at a time India and the US are engaged in negotiations to firm up an ambitious trade deal.<\/p>\n
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In his remarks, Trump added, \u201cPeople have never really used trade the way I used it, that I can tell you. And all of a sudden they (India and Pakistan) said, \u2018I think we\u2019re going to stop.’\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd they have, and they did it for a lot of reasons, but trade is a big one. We\u2019re going to do a lot of trade with Pakistan. We\u2019re going to do a lot of trade with India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re negotiating with India right now. We\u2019re going to be soon negotiating with Pakistan, and we stopped a nuclear conflict,\u201d Trump claimed.<\/p>\n
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The US president again claimed that his administration helped broker what he described as a \u201cfull and immediate ceasefire\u201d between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOn Saturday, my administration helped broker a full and immediate ceasefire, I think, a permanent one, between India and Pakistan, ending a dangerous conflict between two nations with lots of nuclear weapons,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
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India and Pakistan reached an understanding on Saturday to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.<\/p>\n
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Indian government sources have been maintaining that the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan reached the understanding to stop all firings and military actions and no third party was involved.\u2013(PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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