Modi-Trump hold phone conversation, talk of India-US partnership in fight against Covid-19
New Delhi, Apr 04: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Saturday held a telephonic conversation on the situation arising out of the coronavirus outbreak and resolved to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight the pandemic.
"Had an extensive telephone conversation with President @realDonaldTrump We had a good discussion, and agreed to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight COVID-19," PM Modi tweeted today.
The discussion comes at a time when both countries are in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The US has so far confirmed 278,458 cases of COVID-19 and more than 7,100 deaths. India has 3,072 coronavirus cases and has reported 75 deaths.
PM Modi, his Spain counterpart discuss global cooperation to fight COVID-19
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
discussed
the
situation
arising
out
of
the
coronavirus
pandemic
with
his
Spanish
counterpart
Pedro
Sanchez
Perez-Castejon
on
Saturday
and
the
two
leaders
agreed
on
the
importance
of
international
cooperation
to
fight
the
global
health
crisis.
During
the
telephonic
conversation,
PM
Modi
conveyed
his
deepest
condolences
for
the
loss
of
lives
in
Spain
and
assured
the
Spanish
prime
minister
that
India
would
be
ready
to
extend
support
to
his
country
to
the
best
of
its
ability.
"The two leaders agreed on the importance of international cooperation for fighting the global health crisis," an official statement said.
The Spanish prime minister agreed with PM Modi's observation that the world needed to define a new, human-centric concept of globalisation for the "post-COVID era".
The two leaders also agreed on the utility of yoga and traditional herbal medicines for providing an easily accessible means to ensure the psychological and physical health of the people confined to their homes due to the pandemic.
They said their teams would remain in constant touch with each other as regards the evolving COVID-19 situation and the requirements emerging from it.