US vice chairman JD Vance dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to debate methods to strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership and to change views on regional and world points.
The 2 leaders agreed to deepen cooperation in areas corresponding to commerce, defence, essential applied sciences and power safety, in response to a readout from the Indian authorities.
“Acquired a cellphone name from US Vice President JD Vance. We mentioned methods to additional deepen India-US Complete International Strategic Partnership throughout key areas,” Modi stated on social media.
Modi and Vance reviewed progress within the bilateral complete world strategic partnership, and famous the “sustained momentum within the high-level engagements”, the readout stated. In addition they exchanged views on regional and world developments, it stated with out going into particulars.
They “reaffirmed their dedication to additional strengthening cooperation in commerce, defence, essential and rising applied sciences, power safety and demanding minerals.”
The cellphone name got here towards the backdrop of constant negotiations between India and the US to conclude an interim bilateral commerce settlement and variations over the tariff insurance policies of the Trump administration. Modi has additionally spoken to President Donald Trump on cellphone a number of occasions this 12 months and the 2 leaders met on the margins of the G7 Summit in France in June.
Modi stated in his social media put up that he had congratulated Vance and Second Woman Usha Vance “on the start of their son and conveyed greatest needs to the complete household”.
Vance and Usha introduced the start of their fourth youngster – Alec Neel Vance – on July 19. That is the primary youngster born to a sitting US vice chairman in additional than 150 years.
