Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trumpon Monday had a telephonic conversation for 30 minutes on regional andbilateral issues. Speaking on the regional situation, the Prime Minister statedthat "extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certainleaders in the region was not conducive to peace". He also highlighted theimportance of creating an environment free from terror and violence andeschewing cross-border terrorism without exception.

The development comes amid Pakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan repeatedly raking up the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after theabrogation of Article 370 by India which led to the scrapping of the specialstatus to the erstwhile state.On August 14, Khan had claimed that BJP-ledNarendra Modi government move to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was astrategic blunder. An exasperated Khan had churned out baseless theoriesregarding Jammu and Kashmir and the now-defunct provision. He had claimed thatthe BJP had conducted the biggest betrayal on the people of the newly formedUnion Territory (UT), adding that once the people of Kashmir are "releasedfrom curfew imposed...all forms of atrocities will erupt."

PM Modi recalled his meeting with Trump in Osaka, Japan, onthe sidelines of G-20 summit in June 2019. Referring to their bilateraldiscussions in Osaka, the PM expressed the hope that the Indian CommerceMinister and the US Trade Representative would meet at an early date to discussbilateral trade prospects for mutual benefit.

The Prime Minister reiterated India’s commitment tocooperate with anyone who followed this path, in fighting poverty, illiteracyand disease.

Recalling that today marked the one hundred years of theAfghanistan independence, the PM reiterated India’s longstanding and unwaveringcommitment to work for united, secure, democratic and truly independentAfghanistan.