PM Modi made eight calls in 2025: India rejects US claim on trade deal delay

NEW DELHI: India refuted US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick’s claim that the trade deal between the two countries hadn’t materialised because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not call President Donald Trump.

Modi and Trump have spoken on the phone “on eight occasions during 2025, covering different aspects of our wide-ranging partnership”, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday.

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