Trump 'no longer has plans' to visit India for Quad Summit: Reports

US President Donald Trump no longer has plans to visit India later this year for the Quad Summit The New York Times claimed on Saturday as it detailed how relations between the American leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi unraveled over the last few monthsIn the report titled The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call How the TrumpModi Relationship Unraveled the NYT citing people familiar with Trumps schedule said After telling Mr Modi that he would travel to India later this year for the Quad summit Mr Trump no longer has plans to visit in the fallThere was no official comment from either the US or India on the NYTs claimIndia will host leaders of Australia Japan and the US for the Quad Summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi around NovemberThe Trump administration hosted the Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting in January this year a day after Trump took the oath of office as President for a second term in the White HouseAmid trade tensions between Delhi and Washington the NYT article gives an account of how relations between Trump and Modi unraveled after Trumps repeated claims of solving the fourday conflict in May between India and Pakistan an assertion denied by IndiaPresident Trumps repeated claims about having solved the IndiaPakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India And that was only the beginning the NYT article said adding that Modi was losing patience with TrumpTrump and Modi had spoken over the phone on June 17 a 35minute phone call that happened as Trump returned to Washington from the G7 Summit in Canada which PM Modi also attendedModi and Trump were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders Summit in Kananaskis but Trump returned to Washington early Before departing Kananaskis and wrapping up his first visit to Canada in a decade Modi had a phone conversation with Trump in WashingtonForeign Secretary Vikram Misri had said in a video message from Kananaskis that Modi clearly conveyed to Trump that at no point during the days following Operation Sindoor was there any discussion at any level on an IndiaUS trade deal or any proposal for a mediation by the US between India and PakistanThe discussion to cease military action took place directly between India and Pakistan through the existing channels of communication between the two armed forces and it was initiated at Pakistans request Prime Minister Modi firmly stated that India does not and will never accept mediation Misri had saidThe NYT article said that during the June 17 phone call Trump said again how proud he was of ending the military escalation and mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize an honour that has been bestowed on former US President Barack Obama and one for which Trump has been openly campaigningThe notsosubtle implication according to people familiar with the call was that Mr Modi should do the same and also nominate Trump for the Nobel the paper saidThe Indian leader bristled He told Mr Trump that US involvement had nothing to do with the recent ceasefire It had been settled directly between India and Pakistan the NYT saidTrump largely brushed off Mr Modis comments but the disagreement mdash and Mr Modis refusal to engage on the Nobel mdash has played an outsize role in the souring relationship between the two leaders whose onceclose ties go back to Mr Trumps first term the NYT saidThe NYT noted that the White House did not acknowledge the June 17 call nor did Trump post about it on his social media accounts Trump has repeated his claim of stopping the conflict between India and Pakistan over 40 times since May 10And it is also the tale of an American president with his eye on a Nobel Prize running smack into the immovable third rail of Indian politics the conflict with Pakistan it addedThe report added that as Trump imposed additional tariffs of 25 per cent on India for its purchases of Russian oil the colossal penalties on India in particular appear to be punishment for not falling in line rather than any kind of cohesive effort to reduce the trade deficit or cut off funding for Putins warThe NYT article quoted Richard Rossow chair on India at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies as saying that it was about more than just RussiaIf this was a real change in policy in trying to squeeze Russia Trump could have put his weight behind legislation that would have imposed secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian hydrocarbons The fact that they have uniquely targeted India says this is about more than just Russia Rossow was quoted as sayingThe NYT article further said that Trump frustrated by the tariff negotiations reached out to Modi several times but the Indian leader did not respond to those requestsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to 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