New Delhi:
US Vice President JD Vance dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to debate increasing the India-US complete international strategic partnership, amid rising tensions in West Asia.
Through the dialog, the prime minister prolonged his congratulations to Vance and Second Woman Usha on the start of their son.
Vance’s name to the prime minister got here days after Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defence pact that was extensively seen as a mirrored image of a brand new regional alignment amid the West Asia battle.
“Obtained a cellphone name from US Vice President JD Vance. We mentioned methods to additional deepen India-US Complete World Strategic Partnership throughout key areas,” PM Modi mentioned on social media.
“Warmly congratulated him and the Second Woman on the start of their son and conveyed finest needs to all the household,” he mentioned.
Obtained a cellphone name from US Vice President JD Vance. We mentioned methods to additional deepen India-US Complete World Strategic Partnership throughout key areas.
Warmly congratulated him and the Second Woman on the start of their son and conveyed finest needs to all the household.…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2026
The American facet has not but offered any particulars of the dialog.
It isn’t instantly recognized whether or not the proposed commerce deal between India and the US figured within the talks.
PM Modi and US President Donald Trump, throughout their assembly in France in June, instructed their officers to work in direction of a balanced, mutually useful and commercially significant commerce settlement on the earliest.
The relations witnessed a significant downturn after Washington imposed punitive tariffs on India final yr and Trump made assertions concerning his position in de-escalating the India-Pakistan army clashes of Could 2025 that drew sharp response from Indian officers.
Over the subsequent few months, the US 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 struggle.
New Delhi stoutly maintained that the cessation of the hostilities was a results of talks between India and Pakistan and that the US had nothing to do with it.
Washington’s new immigration coverage and its resolution to extend the H1B visa price additionally contributed to the slide in India-US ties.
Nevertheless, either side made efforts in the previous few months to restore the ties and even moved ahead to agency up the commerce deal quickly.Â
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