New Delhi, July 28 -- There was no communication between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump between the Pahalgam attack on 22 April and mid-June, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament on Monday.

The remarks follow repeated claims by Trump that he helped broker the ceasefire between India and Pakistan - a claim consistently denied by New Delhi.

Following the 22 April terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India attacked Pakistani terror bases on 7 May under its Operation Sindoor. The hostilities continued until 10 May, when a ceasefire was called.

Indian officials have consistently maintained that the ceasefire was brokered bilaterally.

In a cemented statement on India's foreign policy actions ...