Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the progress made in climate change negotiations currently underway in Paris, the White House said.
As per White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, Obama would also be talking over phone with his Chinese counterpart too while he has already spoken to his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff.

Earnest said the US President is closely following the developments in Paris where more than 180 countries are trying to hammer out a deal on climate change.

In Paris last week, Barack Obama had met PM Modi on the sidelines of the climate change summit. He had also met his Chinese counterpart.

“Well, again, he is, but primarily for the reasons that he said when he was in Paris last week, which is even in advance of the Paris negotiations, we saw the international community mobilise to make significant commitments to cut carbon pollution,” he said.