New Delhi, April 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting US Vice President J.D. Vance on Monday welcomed what they called the "significant progress" made in negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement (BTA).

Vance is on a four-day diplomatic visit to India along with his wife Usha Vance and their children.

In a meeting, the two leaders reviewed progress across key pillars of the India-US partnership, including trade, energy, defence and high-technology collaboration, and discussed regional and global developments, according to a press statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office.

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The meeting came just months after Modi's visit to Washington in February, where he held wide-ranging talk...