New Delhi, June 17 -- President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would help India if the country were attacked while Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained in office, as the two leaders met for the first time in 16 months on the margins of the G7 Summit in France in an effort to repair bilateral relations that witnessed unprecedented strains over the past year.

Modi praised Trump for his role in efforts to restore peace after the Iran-US conflict and, against the backdrop of the deaths of three Indian sailors in US attacks last week, pressed for measures to ensure the security of seafarers while implementing the peace deal to be signed in Geneva on Friday. He contended that their last meeting in Washington in February 2025 impar...