"PM Modi's friendship with Trump proving hollow": Jairam Ramesh

New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday lashed out at the Modi government, alleging "failure" of Indian diplomacy, and said that the Prime Minister's friendship with US President Donald Trump was "proving to be hollow".
"The PM's clean chit to China on June 19, 2020, has already cost India heavily. His much-boasted friendship with President Trump is now proving to be hollow," Ramesh, Congress (General Secretary) incharge of Communications, posted on X.
"The abject failure of Indian diplomacy, especially in the past two months, is revealed most tellingly by four facts. These expose the tall claims made by the Prime Minister and his drum-beaters and cheerleaders. Since May 10, 2025, President Trump has claimed 25 times that he personally intervened to stop Operation Sindoor, threatening India and Pakistan that if they didn't bring the war to a halt, they would not have a trade agreement with the USA," Ramesh said.
"On June 10, 2025, General Michael Kurilla, the head of the powerful US Central Command, hails Pakistan as a phenomenal partner of the US in countering terrorism," he added.
On Trump meeting Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in the White House, Congress MP said that Munir was the same person who had made communally provocative remarks that provided the backdrop for the Pahalgam terror attack.
"On June 18, 2025, President Trump held an unprecedented luncheon meeting with the Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in the White House. Two months earlier, Munir's inflammatory, incendiary, and communally provocative remarks had provided the backdrop to the brutal Pahalgam terror attacks on April 22, 2025," Ramesh added.
"Just yesterday, July 25, 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and thanked Pakistan for its partnership in countering terrorism and preserving regional stability," he stated.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar at the Department of State in Washington, DC.
According to Tammy Bruce, Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, "Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. Secretary Rubio expressed appreciation for Pakistan's continued willingness to play a constructive role in mediating conversations with Iran and its commitment to preserving regional stability. The two also discussed prospects for deepening bilateral counterterrorism cooperation, including countering ISIS-K, and the upcoming U.S.-Pakistan Counterterrorism Dialogue in Islamabad this August." (ANI)