After Israel and Hamas agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, with the US playing a central role in the process, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that he spoke to his “friend” President Donald Trump and congratulated him on the “ success of the historic Gaza peace plan ”.

Pointing to their second conversation in less than a month, Modi also said in a post on X that they reviewed the “good progress” achieved in bilateral trade negotiations.

Indicating a new urgency to engage at the highest level, the Prime Minister took to X twice on Thursday in posts referring to Gaza and Trump — totalling four such posts since September 30. First, he welcomed the Gaza plan, which marked the first phase of President Trump’s plan to end the war. Then, he posted to convey that h

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