Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance in Delhi, on April 21, 2025.
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U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (August 8, 2026) to debate increasing the India-U.S. complete international strategic ties in commerce, defence and vitality safety amid rising tensions in West Asia.
The 2 leaders additionally reaffirmed their dedication to strengthening cooperation in rising applied sciences and demanding minerals.
Mr. Vance’s name to the Prime Minister got here days after Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan signed a mutual defence pact that was broadly seen as a mirrored image of a brand new regional alignment amid the West Asia battle.
In the course of the dialog, PM Modi prolonged his congratulations to Mr. Vance and Second Woman Usha on the delivery of their son.
“Acquired a telephone name from US Vice President JD Vance. We mentioned methods to additional deepen India-US Complete International Strategic Partnership throughout key areas,” Mr. Modi stated on social media.
“Warmly congratulated him and the Second Woman on the delivery of their son and conveyed greatest needs to the complete household,” he stated.
An Indian readout stated Mr. Modi and Mr. Vance reviewed progress within the India-U.S. complete international strategic partnership. “They famous the sustained momentum within the high-level engagements and reaffirmed their dedication to additional strengthening cooperation in commerce, defence, important and rising applied sciences, vitality safety and demanding minerals,” it stated. “In addition they exchanged views on regional and international developments of mutual curiosity,” it added.
The American facet has not but supplied any particulars of the dialog.
It’s not instantly identified whether or not the proposed commerce deal between India and the U.S. figured within the talks.
PM Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump, throughout their assembly in France in June, instructed their officers to work in direction of a balanced, mutually helpful and commercially significant commerce settlement on the earliest.
The relations witnessed a serious downturn after Washington imposed punitive tariffs on India final yr and Mr. Trump made assertions relating to his position in de-escalating the India-Pakistan army clashes of Might 2025 that drew sharp response from Indian officers.
Over the following few months, the U.S. president repeatedly and publicly claimed that he had resolved the army battle between the 2 neighbours and saved hundreds of thousands of lives because it was heading towards a full-scale conflict.
New Delhi stoutly maintained that the cessation of the hostilities was a results of talks between India and Pakistan and the U.S. had nothing to do with it.
Washington’s new immigration coverage and its determination to extend the H1B visa charge additionally contributed to the slide in India-U.S. ties. Nevertheless, each side made efforts in the previous few months to restore the ties and even moved ahead to agency up the commerce deal quickly.
Revealed – August 09, 2026 03:36 am IST
