Asked if Modi had agreed “to take illegal immigrants”, Trump said, “He will do what’s right. We are discussing”.

“Everything came up,” he added, when asked about the details of the call.

While Modi and Trump are likely to meet on the sidelines of the AI Action summit in France — if Trump also comes to Paris on February 10-11 – sources have indicated there are plans to schedule Modi’s first visit to the White House under the new Trump presidency.

“The leaders agreed to remain in touch and meet soon at an early mutually convenient date,” a Ministry of External Affairs statement had said after the phone call between the two leaders.

In a readout of a phone call between both leaders, the White House said that Trump had a “productive” phone call with Modi and sought a move towards a “fair” bilateral trading relationship and deeper India-US cooperation.

“Today, President Donald J Trump held a productive call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. The two leaders discussed expanding and deepening cooperation. They also discussed a range of regional issues, including security in the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe,” it said.

“The President emphasised the importance of India increasing its procurement of American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship,” the White House added.

“The leaders discussed plans for Prime Minister Modi to visit the White House, underscoring the strength of the friendship and strategic ties between our nations,” it further added.

Both Modi and Trump emphasised their commitment to advance the “US-India strategic partnership and the Indo-Pacific Quad partnership, with India hosting Quad Leaders for the first time later this year”, the statement said.

A week after Trump was sworn in as the US President for the second time, Modi spoke to him on Monday and said in a post on X, “Delighted to speak with my dear friend President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS. Congratulated him on his historic second term. We are committed to a mutually beneficial and trusted partnership. We will work together for the welfare of our people and towards global peace, prosperity, and security.”

A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs had said, “The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment for a mutually beneficial and trusted partnership. They discussed various facets of the wide-ranging bilateral Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and measures to advance it, including in the areas of technology, trade, investment, energy and defence.”

It said that the two leaders exchanged views on global issues, including the “situation in West Asia and Ukraine”, and reiterated their commitment to work together for promoting global peace, prosperity and security.-Agencies