Macron dials Modi as French US, Oz ties plunge into crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron dialled PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday to talk about strengthening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and also boost, as Macron’s office said in a statement, India’s strategic autonomy. The phone conversation with Modi, and the French readout, was being seen as a message by an enraged France to the US and others who consider India one of their most important partners in the Indo-Pacific.