India refutes report that Elon Musk joined Trump’s phone call with PM Modi
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The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday refuted a report by The New York Times that billionaire Elon Musk had joined a telephone call between United States President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, ANI reported.
“We have seen the story,” the news agency quoted the ministry spokesperson as having said. “The telephone conversation on March 24 was between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump only.”
The discussion provided an opportunity “for exchange of views” on the situation in West Asia, the ministry added.
On Friday, The New York Times reported, quoting two unidentified US officials, that it was unclear what why Musk had joined the call and if he had spoken. The US-based newspaper described Musk’s alleged participation as an “unusual appearance by a private citizen on a call between two heads of state during a wartime crisis”.
Musk is not known to be currently associated with the Trump administration.
In May, he had quit as a special government employee of the US Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration. The advisory body – run by Musk at the time – had been created through an executive order by Trump on his first day in office in January 2025. It aimed to “modernise federal technology and software to maximise governmental efficiency and...