Modi avoided Trump meeting to dodge encounter with COAS Munir: Bloomberg
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(From left) This combination of images shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and US President Donald Trump. — Reuters/ISPR/File
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ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to meet with US President Donald Trump in June due to fears of a possible confrontation with Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to a Bloomberg report.
Referring to officials in New Delhi, the US publication says Modi fears that Trump could arrange a meeting between the two leaders if they were both at the same time in the White House.
The report states that while India is pleased with the US President’s meeting with the civilian leadership of Pakistan, a high -level engagement with Field Marshal Munir was seen as a shock to the Indian story.
The incident allegedly occurred in weeks when India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after a short armed conflict in May. The tension between the US president and Trump increased when the US president claimed credit for brokering the deal, insisting on the claim that India rejected, insisting that a direct ceasefire was agreed between the two countries.
When Trump repeatedly talked about the prevention of nuclear war, Indian diplomats began to push back publicly against the version of their events. The tension was reportedly concluded in a 35 -minute phone call with Modi on June 17, which Trump started after the start of the G7 summit in Canada, and he personally did not meet the Indian leader.
During the conversation, Modi allegedly told Trump that the two countries had directly discussed the sewing fire at Pakistan’s request after the bombing of India. According to an Indian Red Out, Modi emphasized that India “never accepts mediation and will not accept it,” he added, adding that Trump “heard carefully.”
New Delhi officials, who were familiar with the matter, who requested not to be named, told Bloomberg that Modi felt the need to “straighten the record” during the call when his assistants found out that Trump was planning to make Pakistani army chiefs in the White House the next day.
This forced the Indian leader to return to Canada to reject the invitation to stay in Washington. Instead, Modi continued with a planned visit to Croatia.
According to the report, relations between Washington and New Delhi have worsened after the incident.
Trump began publicly criticizing India, later threatened 50 % tariffs on Indian exports to the United States, and criticized the country’s trade barriers and economic performance. Pushing his danger, he imposed these rates.
Modi and Trump have not spoken since the June phone call.
Coas Munir to meet us again
The Bloomberg report pursued a foreign media report on Thursday that Kas Munir was ready to visit the United States this week, which made his second journey under two months.
According to reports, the Army Chief will attend the retirement ceremony of US Central Command Chief General Michael Corla, whom President Asif Ali Zardari received by President Asif Ali Zardari during a recent visit to President Asif Ali Zardari.
However, no official confirmation has been given about any other engagements during the visit.
Field Marshal Munir last visited the United States in June, where he had an extraordinary meeting with Trump in the White House cabinet room. The meeting was also attended by US Secretary of State Senator Marco Rubio, US Special Representative for Middle East Affairs, Steve Watkov, and Pakistan’s National Security Advisor.
June was against the backdrop of an armed Pakistan-India conflict, during which Washington assisted the ceasefire after Indian strikes inside Pakistan, which claims that New Delhi was responsible for the attack on the Indian attack in Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Pakistan responded with Operation Bonyan Um-Marsus, in which several Indian fighter jets were dropped. The short but severe conflict included cross -border strikes, and as a result, civilian and military casualties have occurred on both sides.
During the White House meeting, COAS praised Trump’s “constructive and consequences” role in facilitating ceasefire with India, while the US president praised Munir’s leadership in the era of complex regional dynamics.
Discussions, which were extended for more than two hours, also covered the situation in Iran at that time and seeking opportunities for trade, economic growth, mines and minerals, artificial intelligence, energy, cryptocurrency, and emerging technologies, including emerging technologies.
After this visit, bilateral economic relations made a breakthrough. During a meeting between Finance Minister Mohammed Aurangzeb and the US Secretary of Commerce and Trade Representative, Pakistan and the United States reached a long -awaited trade agreement.
Under the agreement, the United States was imposed a 19 % mutual rate on Pakistani exports, which paved the way for a new start in economic cooperation between the two countries.
