New Delhi, March 26 -- Former diplomat Gurjit Singh said that the fact that US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Narendra Modi means that he wants to keep India in the loop.

Singh, in a conversation with ANI, said that India is one of the largest economies deeply impacted by the war and is still not taking sides.

He said, "He (US President Trump) called Prime Minister Narendra Modi which shows that they want to keep India in the loop and they want to consult India and therefore the Indian role in it, keeping in touch with all sides, seems to be having a bearing, also including the fact that India as the largest economies deeply impacted by the war and not taking sides...As you said, this was the first call by President Trump,...