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\n Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron. File.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (September 6, 2025) conveyed to French President Emmanuel Macron New Delhi\u2019s support for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict<\/a>\u00a0even as the two leaders \u201cpositively\u201d assessed the India-France strategic ties.<\/p>\n Following a phone conversation with Mr. Macron, Mr. Modi said the strategic partnership between New Delhi and Paris will continue to play a key role in fostering global peace and stability.<\/p>\n The two leaders deliberated on ongoing efforts to bring an early end to the Ukraine conflict with the Prime Minister reiterating India\u2019s call for early restoration of peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n Mr. Macron was among the European leaders present during U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> in White House last month.<\/p>\n \u201cHad a very good conversation with President Macron. We reviewed and positively assessed the progress in bilateral cooperation in various areas,\u201d Mr. Modi said on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cExchanged views on international and regional issues, including efforts for bringing an early end to the conflict in Ukraine. The India-France Strategic Partnership will continue to play a key role in fostering global peace and stability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n It is not known whether the implications of Washington\u2019s tariff policy figured in the Modi-Macron conversation.<\/p>\n According to an Indian readout, Mr. Modi thanked Mr. Macron for accepting the invitation to the AI Impact Summit to be hosted by India in February and that he looked forward to welcoming the French President.<\/p>\n It said the two leaders reviewed and positively assessed the developments in bilateral cooperation across different sectors including economic, defence, science, technology and space.<\/p>\n \u201cThe leaders also reaffirmed their commitment towards further strengthening of the India-France strategic partnership, in line with the Horizon 2047 Roadmap, the Indo-Pacific roadmap and the defence industrial roadmap,\u201d the readout noted.<\/p>\n \u201cThey exchanged views on recent efforts towards bringing an end to the conflict in Ukraine. PM Modi reiterated India\u2019s consistent support for peaceful resolution of the conflict and early restoration of peace and stability.\u201d It said both leaders agreed to continue to remain in touch and work closely together to promote global peace and stability.<\/p>\n The discussion between Mr. Modi and Mr. Macron on the Ukraine conflict appears to be significant.<\/p>\n The prime minister met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in China\u2019s Tianjin this week.<\/p>\n In the meeting, Mr. Modi conveyed to Mr. Putin that India welcomes all the recent efforts towards establishing peace in Ukraine and that it is humanity\u2019s call to find a way to resolve hostilities as soon as possible.<\/p>\n Mr. Zelenskyy had dialled Modi last Saturday<\/a>, two days before the Prime Minister\u2019s meeting with Mr. Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the phone conversation with Mr. Modi, Mr. Zelenskyy said India is ready to make the necessary efforts and to deliver the appropriate signal to Russia.<\/p>\n India has been consistently calling for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy<\/p>\n Mr. Trump\u2019s talks with Mr. Zelenskyy and several other European leaders came days after he held summit talks with Mr. Putin in Alaska that was primarily to lay a foundation for ending the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Published – September 06, 2025 07:03 pm IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron. 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