US envoy Sergio Gor claims India sought ‘no questions’ after Modi-Trump G7 meeting
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US ambassador to India Sergio Gor Photograph: (AFP)
US envoy Sergio Gor claimed India’s MEA requested no questions from the media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Donald Trump delivered opening remarks at their G7 meeting.
US envoy Sergio Gor claimed that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had made a request ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump during the G7 summit. He claimed that the Ministry of External Affairs had asked for “no questions” after the leaders finished their opening remarks.
“We were behind the scenes, behind the stage, and at one point it was just the president and I, and he asked me, he goes, what are the Indians going to raise? We went over some topics. And he said, " Do they have any asks? And the MEA had one ask. He said, and it was, let's bring in the media, but let's not do a full press conference," said Gor at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum.
“I told the president, I said, the Indians prefer no questions. He said, sure, no problem. So the meeting starts, the press comes in, there must have been 50 cameras, the president is sitting here, the prime minister is sitting there, they both speak for a few minutes. As soon as they get done, the first thing the president does he looks up at the camera and says, any questions?” said Sergio Gor.
Gor added that a 45-minute press conference with reporters raised a wide range of issues and “everything was on the table”.
US Ambassador Sergio Gor shared the anecdote while discussing the India-US relationship and the personal friendship between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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"The numbers don't lie. If you look at the trajectory of our relationship, just go by the numbers," he said.
"15 years ago, our bilateral trade was 20 billion dollars. Today, it's 240 billion dollars. That's not an accident, and it's continuing to grow," said Gor. The forum took place right after Gor's historic trip to Srinagar, where he publicly called Jammu & Kashmir "an important part of India," sparking a diplomatic protest from Pakistan.
