The Centre on Saturday clarified that tech billionaire Elon Musk was not part of a conversation between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump had called Modi on Tuesday to discuss the war with Iran.The clarification comes following news reports suggesting that Musk had participated in the call.A spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said, “We have seen the story. The telephone conversation on March 24 was between PM Modi and President Trump only.” In other words, Musk was not part of the call.“As has been stated earlier, it provided the opportunity for an exchange of views on the situation in West Asia,” the spokesperson added.Earlier, The New York Times, quoting unnamed US officials, claimed that Musk had participated in the phone call between Trump and Modi.“Musk participated in a phone call with President Trump and PM Modi, an unusual appearance by a private citizen on a call between two heads of state during a wartime crisis,” The New York Times reported. “It is unclear why Musk was on the call or whether he spoke,” the newspaper said.What was even more startling was that Trump and Musk had a fallout last year and the billionaire later left the US government, where he had been tasked with slashing the workforce.In a post on X, PM Modi detailed the diplomatic exchange, stating that both sides called for an “open, secure and accessible” Strait of Hormuz and reiterated India’s stance on de-escalation and peace in the region.India supports de-escalation and the restoration of peace at the earliest, Modi said.