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US, India to use ‘full strength’ of partnership to fight coronavirus: India's Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday he had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump about using the two countries' partnership to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Published : 5 April 2020, 03:58 AM
Updated : 5 April 2020, 03:58 AM
"We had a good discussion, and agreed to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight COVID-19," Modi said in a tweet.
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FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to the media inside the parliament premises on the first day of the winter session in New Delhi, India, November 18, 2019. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo
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