Paris, (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed during a phone call Tuesday to "work together to end the war" in Ukraine , Paris announced.

The French presidency said in a statement that Macron and Modi discussed in their phone call "the war waged by Russia in Ukraine and its destabilizing repercussions for the rest of the world."

The Elysee Palace added in its statement that Macron, who received Modi in Paris in May, confirmed during the conversation "France's determination to continue its support for Ukraine."

India refrained from publicly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nor did it participate in the United Nations vote on a text to this effect.

However, in June, New Delhi co-signed a statement issued by the Group of Seven major industrialized countries stressing "respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries."

In the face of the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, the French president reaffirmed "the importance of the international community acting in a coordinated manner," according to the Elysee statement.

Macron and Modi also touched, according to the statement, "challenges in the Indo-Pacific region as well as the situation in Sri Lanka."

And on Tuesday morning, a Chinese research ship docked in the Chinese-run port of Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka, despite the fears of India and the United States that this ship was involved in espionage activities for Beijing.

India has grown increasingly concerned about the growing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, which is suffering from exorbitant debts that it borrowed from Beijing over the past years to develop huge infrastructure projects.