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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) raised with U.S. President Donald Trump the contented of seafarers’ information and called for provisions for their extortion successful Washington’s projected bid woody with Iran, adjacent arsenic the 2 leaders vowed to instrumentality steps to repair bilateral ties that reeled nether terrible strain implicit the past year.
The gathering betwixt the 2 leaders connected the margins of the G7 acme successful the French commune came amid expanding outrage successful India implicit the sidesplitting of 3 Indian unit members of a merchant vessel successful American subject strikes.
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In his televised comments, Mr. Modi complimented Mr. Trump for his efforts towards ending the West Asia struggle and brought up the contented of the information of lakhs of Indian seafarers operating successful cardinal maritime zones.
The Prime Minister hoped that the bid woody with Iran would person provisions for the information of the seafarers.
“Mr President, you and I hold that keeping the Strait of Hormuz unfastened is captious for the planetary economy. India has consistently emphasised the value of ensuring state of navigation and we should enactment unneurotic connected it,” helium said.
The Prime Minister, then, underlined the value of the information of seafarers.
“Hundreds of thousands of Indian seafarers are moving crossed the planetary maritime commercialized routes and their information is of utmost value to us. You made tremendous efforts towards reaching this knowing (peace statement with Iran). I americium assured that the contented of information of seafarers volition person the highest precedence successful the implementation of this agreement,” helium said.
In his remarks, Mr. Trump described the gathering arsenic “great” and heaped praise connected Mr. Modi. The U.S. President, without giving immoderate timeline, said helium volition question to India.
“People accidental helium is specified a bully man. I said he’s precise tough. He’s a pugnacious negotiator, and helium loves the Indian people, but helium besides loves the U.S.,” Mr. Trump said.
The U.S. President besides described India arsenic a large planetary player.
“I deliberation India plays a large relation successful everything arsenic agelong arsenic helium (PM Modi) is the leader. India is going to play a large role,” Mr. Trump said successful effect to a question connected whether New Delhi has a relation to play successful West Asia.
“As agelong arsenic I americium astatine the White House, India has a person successful the U.S.,” helium said, answering a question connected the strain successful India-U.S. ties.
To a question connected the deaths of 3 Indian seafarers, Mr. Trump said helium was alert of it.
“I heard astir that (the deaths), it’s a unsmooth profession, nary question astir it,” helium said, adding, “We volition enactment together.”
Answering different question, Mr. Trump said the U.S. volition widen enactment to India if it faces immoderate information challenges oregon look attack.
The U.S. President besides sounded optimistic erstwhile asked astir the projected commercialized woody betwixt India and the U.S.
Relations witnessed a large downturn aft Washington imposed punitive tariffs connected India, and President Mr. Trump made assertions regarding his relation successful de-escalating the India–Pakistan subject clashes of May 2025 that drew crisp absorption from Indian officials.
Over the adjacent fewer months, the U.S. President repeatedly and publically claimed that helium had resolved the subject struggle betwixt the 2 neighbours and saved millions of lives arsenic it was heading toward a full-scale war.
New Delhi stoutly maintained that the cessation of the hostilities was a effect of talks betwixt India and Pakistan, and the U.S. engagement had thing to bash with it. Washington’s caller migration argumentation and its determination to summation the H1B visa interest besides contributed to the descent successful India-U.S. ties.
However, some sides made efforts successful the past fewer months to repair the ties and adjacent moved guardant to steadfast up a mutually beneficial commercialized woody soon.
Last week, the relations came nether caller strain aft 3 Indian sailors were killed pursuing the U.S. military’s attacks connected 3 merchant vessels disconnected the seashore of Oman.
Asked astir Indian professionals facing difficulties successful the U.S. successful presumption of the H-1B visa issue, Mr. Trump said the U.S. person had a tremendous narration with India successful presumption of employment.
The Prime Minister travelled to France for the G7 acme arsenic India was invited arsenic a impermanent state to the summit.
The Group of 7 (G7) brings unneurotic 7 of the world’s astir precocious economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Union is besides a subordinate of the bloc.
The G7 serves arsenic the forum of prime for its members to sermon and coordinate enactment successful effect to large economic, fiscal and geopolitical challenges connected the planetary stage.
PM Modi arrived successful Evian-les-Bains aft concluding his two-day travel to Slovakia.
