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News Topical, Digital Desk : Amid trade tensions between New Delhi and Washington, an article published in the New York Times claimed that US President Donald Trump no longer plans to visit India for the Quad summit later this year.
The article describes how the relationship between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi deteriorated in the last few months. The article titled 'How Trump-Modi relations deteriorated' quoted people familiar with Trump's schedule as saying that “the President had earlier told Modi that he would visit India for the Quad summit later this year. But now Trump has no plans to visit India.”
India is going to host the Quad
However, there has been no official comment from the US or India on this claim of the New York Times. It is noteworthy that India is going to host the Quad summit later this year. The Trump administration hosted the Quad foreign ministers' meeting in January this year, which took place a day after Trump took the oath of office for his second term in the White House.
PM Modi was angry at Donald Trump
The article details how relations between Trump and Modi soured after Trump's repeated claims of stopping the four-day war between India and Pakistan in May. However, India has consistently denied these claims by Trump. The article also says, "President Trump's repeated claims of stopping the India-Pakistan war infuriated India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi... and, this was just the beginning." Also, Modi was losing patience.
Trump and Modi spoke on the phone on June 17. This 35-minute conversation took place when Trump returned to Washington from the G-7 summit in Canada. Prime Minister Modi also attended this summit.
When did PM Modi and Trump talk?
Modi and Trump were scheduled to meet during the G-7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis, but Trump returned to Washington early. Modi spoke to Trump over the phone in Washington before leaving Kananaskis and ending his first Canada visit in a decade.
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