No talks between Modi and Trump on Ladakh row: Sources

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Top government sources on Friday virtually contradicted United States President Donald Trump’s claim of a conversation between him and Prime Minister Narenda Modi on India’s ongoing military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.

There has been no recent contact between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump, the sources said. The clarification came hours after Trump said in Washington that he had spoken to Modi and that the Indian prime minister is not in a “good mood” over the “big conflict” between India and China.

The sources said the last conversation between the two leaders was on April 4 on the issue of hydroxychloroquine. They said the ministry of external affairs on Thursday made it clear that India was directly in touch with China through established mechanisms and diplomatic contacts to resolve the border row in eastern Ladakh.