Making their first contact in two months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump spoke to each other over the phone to discuss expanding cooperation in trade, critical technologies, energy, defence and security.

The phone call took place less than a week after India hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 4-5 for the leaders’ summit. Today, Modi and Trump spoke to each other and reviewed progress in the India‑US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. They expressed satisfaction with the steady strengthening of bilateral cooperation across all domains.

The two spoke even as the US Congress witnessed lawmakers questioning Trump’s India policy during hearings of the Senate Foreign Affairs committee.

Prime Minister Modi posted on X saying, “Had a very wa

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