US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New York: US President Donald Trump has canceled his visit for the Quad Summit to be held in India in November this year. According to a New York Times report, tensions between Trump and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi have increased tension in the last few months, due to which Trump left the intention of coming to India. Quad i.e. Quadrallator Security Dialogue includes India, America, Japan and Australia. This group works to increase cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. India is scheduled to host the Quad Summit in New Delhi in November this year, in which the leaders of the four countries were going to participate.
Why Trump-Modi’s relationship deteriorated?
The New York Times report, which is the headline ‘The Nobel Prize and a Tasty Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Anravarted’, suggests that the rift between Trump and Modi began in May with a 4-day military tension between India-Pakistan. Trump repeatedly claimed that he played an important role in ending the tension, but India rejected the claim outright.
According to the report, a 35 -minute phone call was made between Trump and Modi on 17 June, when Trump was returning to Washington from the G7 Summit in Canada. In this call, Trump again claimed that he abolished India-Pakistan tension and also said that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump also asked Modi to recommend the Nobel Prize for himself in gestures. Modi expressed displeasure over this and said that America had no role in ending this tension.
India and Pakistan had ceasefire by directly negotiating through existing communication channels between their forces, and the initiative started from Pakistan. Foreign Secretary Vikram Egyptian also said in a video message from Canada that Modi made it clear to Trump that neither America had any arbitration under Indo-Pak tension nor India did any trade deal with America. India will never accept third party mediation.
Trump’s displeasure and tariff pressure
The report said that repeated statements by Trump (more than 40 times after May 10) broke Modi’s patience. Trump not only claimed to eliminate Indo-Pak tension, but also imposed an additional 25% tariff on India to buy oil from Russia. The New York Times quoted India expert Richard Rosso at the Center for Strategic and International Studies as saying that the tariff was not just to target Russia. Roso said, “If it had been a policy to suppress Russia, Trump would support the law that banned Russian hydrocarbons. Targeting India especially shows that it is not just about Russia. ‘
Modi did not respond to Trump’s efforts
According to the report, Trump tried to contact Modi several times regarding tariff talks, but Modi did not respond to these requests. The two leaders had good relationships in the first term, but now the tension is clearly visible. The White House did not publicly accept the 17 June phone call, nor did Trump write anything about it on his social media. The New York Times says that Trump’s cancellation of India and the increasing tension between the two leaders is related to his claims over the India-Pakistan issue and the Nobel Prize.
India did not give any official statement
There has been no official statement on this report of New York Times from India or the US. India has always said that it will resolve issues with its neighbors by bilateral talks and will not accept the mediation of a third party. India is still preparing to host leaders of Australia, Japan and America for the Quad Summit. However, what will be affected by the cancellation of Trump’s visit to this conference remains to be seen. The whole world is currently eyeing business tension and diplomatic differences between the two countries.
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