Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump will not be travelling to India later this year for the Quad Summit, according to a report by The New York Times. The decision comes at a time when his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly deteriorated in recent months.
In a detailed article titled “A Nobel Prize and a Provocative Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Soured”, The New York Times outlined the gradual decline in ties between the two leaders.
Although President Trump had initially assured Prime Minister Modi of his participation in the Quad Summit in India, sources familiar with his schedule now indicate that the visit is no longer on his agenda. At the same time, no official communication has yet been issued by Washington regarding Trump’s travel plans.
The summit, scheduled to be held in New Delhi in November, was expected to bring together leaders of India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to discuss pressing geopolitical issues.
According to the report, tensions between Trump and Modi began after the U.S. President repeatedly claimed credit for “resolving” the India-Pakistan conflict—assertions that New Delhi strongly refuted. Modi’s displeasure reportedly deepened over Trump’s interventions, culminating in a tense phone conversation on June 17, shortly after the G7 Summit in Canada.
During that exchange, Modi is said to have firmly reiterated that India would not accept any U.S. mediation on its disputes with Pakistan, emphasizing instead that New Delhi had already managed the matter bilaterally. India’s then-Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, later confirmed that Modi had stressed the absence of any discussion with Trump on mediation or trade negotiations.
Following these developments, trade relations between the two countries also came under strain, adding to the cooling of bilateral ties.
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