Prime Minister Narendra Modi said late Saturday (August 8) night he received a phone call from US Vice President JD Vance, with the two leaders discussing ways to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.
“We discussed ways to further deepen India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership across key areas,” Modi said in a post on X.
The Prime Minister also congratulated Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance on the birth of their son.
“Warmly congratulated him and the Second Lady on the birth of their son and conveyed best wishes to the entire family,” Modi said.
The two leaders also reviewed progress in the bilateral strategic partnership and noted the sustained momentum in high-level engagements, according to a readout by the Indian side.
They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in trade, defence, critical and emerging technologies, energy security and critical minerals and also exchanged views on regional and global developments of mutual interest.
The conversation comes amid heightened tensions in West Asia and days after Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defence pact, signalling shifting regional alignments.
It was not immediately clear whether the proposed India-US trade agreement figured in the talks. Modi and US President Donald Trump had, during their meeting in France in June, directed officials to work towards a balanced, mutually beneficial and commercially meaningful trade agreement at the earliest.
India-US ties had come under strain last year over Washington’s punitive tariffs on Indian goods, Trump’s repeated claims that he helped end the May 2025 India-Pakistan military clashes, and changes to US immigration policy.
The two sides have since stepped up engagement aimed at repairing ties and advancing negotiations on a trade deal.