Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told US President Donald Trump that Delhi will never accept third-party mediation with Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir, India's senior-most diplomat said.Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said that Modi "strongly" conveyed India's long-held stand to Trump during a phone call between the two leaders on Tuesday.

India has never asked for, and will never accept, third-party mediation to resolve the issue of Pakistan's illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir - this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unequivocal message to US President Donald Trump.

In a conversation with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘firmly’ made it clear that India does not and will never accept mediation on the issues of terrorism and Kashmir. Read the full briefing by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri here.