
Modi, Macron agree to strengthen 'strategic partnership'
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New Delhi: India and France agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership and economic exchanges in a phone call between the two countries leaders...
New Delhi: India and France agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership and economic exchanges in a phone call between the two countries' leaders on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron also coordinated their positions on the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza.
India is staring down an ultimatum from Donald Trump to stop buying oil from Russia or face a doubling of tariffs on its exports to the United States to 50 percent as part of the US president's global trade blitz.
"Had a very good conversation with my friend President Macron," Modi said in a post on social media, adding that they had agreed to strengthen their "strategic partnership".
A government statement said Modi and Macron also discussed bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, defence and energy.













