US Vice President Vance dials PM Modi, discusses ways to expand India-US partnership

New
Delhi,
Aug
8
(PTI):
US
Vice
P eside t
JD
Va ce
dialled
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
F iday
to
discuss
expa di g
the
I dia-US
comp ehe sive
global
st ategic
pa t e ship,
amid
isi g
te sio s
i
West
Asia.

Du i g
the
co ve satio ,
the
p ime
mi iste
exte ded
his
co g atulatio s
to
Va ce
a d
Seco d
Lady
Usha
o
the
bi th
of
thei
so .

Va ce’s
call
to
the
p ime
mi iste
came
days
afte
Tu kiye,
Saudi
A abia
a d
Pakista
sig ed
a
mutual
defe ce
pact
that
was
widely
see
as
a
eflectio
of
a
ew
egio al
alig me t
amid
the
West
Asia
co flict.

“Received
a
pho e
call
f om
US
Vice
P eside t
JD
Va ce.
We
discussed
ways
to
fu the
deepe
I dia-US
Comp ehe sive
Global
St ategic
Pa t e ship
ac oss
key
a eas,”
Modi
said
o
social
media.

“Wa mly
co g atulated
him
a d
the
Seco d
Lady
o
the
bi th
of
thei
so
a d
co veyed
best
wishes
to
the
e ti e
family,”
he
said.

The
Ame ica
side
has
ot
yet
p ovided
a y
details
of
the
co ve satio .

It
is
ot
immediately
k ow
whethe
the
p oposed
t ade
deal
betwee
I dia
a d
the
US
figu ed
i
the
talks.

PM
Modi
a d
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump,
du i g
thei
meeti g
i
F a ce
i
Ju e,
i st ucted
thei
officials
to
wo k
towa ds
a
bala ced,
mutually
be eficial
a d
comme cially
mea i gful
t ade
ag eeme t
at
the
ea liest.

The
elatio s
wit essed
a
majo
dow tu
afte
Washi gto
imposed
pu itive
ta iffs
o
I dia
last
yea
a d
T ump
made
asse tio s
ega di g
his
ole
i
de-escalati g
the
I dia-Pakista
milita y
clashes
of
May
2025
that
d ew
sha p
eactio
f om
I dia
officials.

Ove
the
ext
few
mo ths,
the
US
p eside t
epeatedly
a d
publicly
claimed
that
he
had
esolved
the
milita y
co flict
betwee
the
two
eighbou s
a d
saved
millio s
of
lives
as
it
was
headi g
towa d
a
full-scale
wa .

New
Delhi
stoutly
mai tai ed
that
the
cessatio
of
the
hostilities
was
a
esult
of
talks
betwee
I dia
a d
Pakista
a d
that
the
US
had
othi g
to
do
with
it.

Washi gto ‘s
ew
immig atio
policy
a d
its
decisio
to
i c ease
the
H1B
visa
fee
also
co t ibuted
to
the
slide
i
I dia-US
ties.

Howeve ,
both
sides
made
effo ts
i
the
last
few
mo ths
to
epai
the
ties
a d
eve
moved
fo wa d
to
fi m
up
the
t ade
deal
soo .
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