JD Vance, Modi discuss regional, global issues
US Vice President JD Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discuss deepening bilateral cooperation across trade, defence, and critical technologies in a phone call.
Regional and global issues figured during a telephonic conversation between US Vice President JD Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday (8 August).
Vance, who initiated the phone call to Modi, also discussed ways to strengthen the India-US strategic partnership and agreed to deepen cooperation in trade, defence, critical technologies, and energy security, according to a readout from the Indian government.
Modi and Vance reviewed progress in the bilateral comprehensive global strategic partnership, noting the "sustained momentum in the high-level engagements," the readout said.
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They also exchanged views on regional and global developments, it said without elaborating further.
"Received a phone call from US Vice President JD Vance. We discussed ways to further deepen India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership across key areas," Modi said on social media.
The phone call from Vance came against the backdrop of continuing negotiations between India and the US to conclude an interim bilateral trade agreement and divergences over the tariff policies of the Donald Trump administration.
Modi has also spoken to President Donald Trump on the phone several times this year. The two leaders met on the margins of the G7 Summit in France in June.
