India, April 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump held a 40-minute phone conversation on Tuesday, April 14, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said. This is the third phone call between the two leaders this year, and the second since conflict broke out in West Asia after the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran on February 28.

They spoke on February 2 to announce progress in a trade deal, and then on March 24 to discuss situation in West Asia; plus a third time now.

The war is currently in a stalemate after talks held in Pakistan capital Islamabad, produced no result last weekend. Both sides are sticking to their guns as a precarious truce, set for until April 22, holds for now.

Earlier, in the first phone call sin...