PM Modi, President Trump focus on India-US ties over cellphone name

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump over the cellphone on Monday, their first dialog since Trump assumed workplace within the White Home.

Throughout the dialog, each leaders mentioned bilateral ties between the 2 greatest democracies and emphasised their shared dedication to working collectively for world peace and stability.

“Delighted to talk with my pricey pal President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. Congratulated him on his historic second time period. We’re dedicated to a mutually useful and trusted partnership. We’ll work collectively for the welfare of our individuals and in the direction of world peace, prosperity, and safety,” PM Modi write in a put up on X.

Delighted to talk with my pricey pal President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. Congratulated him on his historic second time period. We’re dedicated to a mutually useful and trusted partnership. We’ll work collectively for the welfare of our individuals and in the direction of world peace, prosperity,…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 27, 2025

In a press release, the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO) mentioned the 2 leaders “reaffirmed” their dedication for a “mutually useful and trusted partnership”.

“They mentioned numerous sides of the wide-ranging bilateral Complete World Strategic Partnership and measures to advance it, together with within the areas of know-how, commerce, funding, power and defence,” it mentioned.

“The 2 leaders exchanged views on world points, together with the state of affairs in West Asia and Ukraine, and reiterated their dedication to work collectively for selling world peace, prosperity and safety,” the PMO mentioned.

“The leaders agreed to stay in contact and meet quickly at an early mutually handy date,” it added.

It isn’t instantly identified whether or not the problems of immigration and tariff figured within the talks.

Like in lots of nations, there have been some issues in India as properly over the Trump administration’s method on immigration and tariff.

President Trump has already talked about slapping “100 per cent tariffs” on the BRICS grouping, a bloc that features India too.

Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned final week that India is on the lookout for “bolder, larger and a extra formidable” relationship with the US and indicated its readiness to work with the Trump administration to deal with points like unlawful immigration and commerce.

The cellphone dialog between Modi and Trump got here six days after Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held separate conferences with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Nationwide Safety Advisor Mike Waltz in Washington.

Jaishankar additionally attended the Quad international ministers’ assembly within the American capital. The assembly was the Trump administration’s first international coverage engagement.

At a media briefing in Washington on January 22, Jaishankar mentioned his conferences signalled that the Trump administration “prioritising” the bilateral relationship with India.

The exterior affairs minister additionally mentioned that there was settlement between the 2 sides in regards to the have to be bolder, larger, and extra formidable in regards to the bilateral relationship.

Requested in regards to the Trump administration’s coverage on tariff and immigration, Jaiswal mentioned on Friday that India is addressing points in a constructive method.

“Our method has at all times been to deal with points in a constructive method which is consistent with the pursuits of each nations,” he had mentioned at his weekly media briefing.

“We stay in shut communication with the US administration and wish to proceed to work in the direction of strengthening our financial partnership additional,” he mentioned.

Diplomats from India and the US are working to arrange a gathering between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in February this 12 months.

India, a strategic companion of the US in countering China’s affect, is raring to strengthen commerce relations with the US. That is anticipated to be on the agenda when the 2 leaders meet.