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India welcomed the Alaska Summit between US President Trump and Russian President Putin, praising their leadership for peace and advocating for dialogue and diplomacy.
Alaska meeting: Trump-Putin hold discussions
The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday welcomed the summit between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska to end the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.
According to a statement by the Official Spokesperson, India appreciates the progress made in the Summit. The way forward can only be through dialogue and diplomacy. The world wants to see an early end to the conflict in Ukraine.
Trump and Putin held their first face-to-face meeting in years to resolve the Ukraine war in Alaska on Friday. The talks did not yield any significant breakthrough for Ukraine, but both leaders said the discussions were productive.
“We had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to,” Trump said, adding, “There are just a very few that are left, some are not that significant, one is probably the most significant.”
Trump later stated that he would urge Zelenskyy to agree to a peace deal, emphasising that Ukraine needed to pursue peace. He also described his talks with Putin as a “10 out of 10,” while acknowledging a few minor differences.
MEA’s reaction comes after Trump signalled that he may not impose additional secondary tariffs on countries that are purchasing Russian crude oil, including India, softening his stance as he met Putin for a historic summit in Alaska.
Relations between India and the US were strained after Trump imposed 50% tariffs on India, among the highest rates on any country, for purchasing Russian oil and called India’s economy “dead”. India has pushed back against the tariffs, calling them unjust and unreasonable.
“Well, he lost an oil client, so to speak, which is India, which was doing about 40 per cent of the oil. China, as you know, is doing a lot…And if I did what’s called a secondary sanction, or a secondary tariff, it would be very devastating from their standpoint. If I have to do it, I’ll do it. Maybe I won’t have to do it,” Trump said on Friday.
Trump Rules Out Ceasefire In Ukraine
Trump said his late-night talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “went very well”, after his “successful” meeting with Putin in Alaska, while ruling out an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and instead pushing for a direct “peace agreement”.
After the high-stakes Alaska summit, Zelenskyy said that he held a “long and substantive conversation” with Trump and supported the proposal for a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the US, and Russia. Zelenskyy said the discussion began as a one-on-one exchange before European leaders were invited to join.
“A great and very successful day in Alaska! The meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia went very well, as did a late-night phone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, and various European Leaders, including the highly respected Secretary General of NATO,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often does not hold up.”
Trump added that Zelenskyy would arrive in Washington, DC, on Monday afternoon and said that, if things go as planned, a trilateral meeting with Putin could be arranged—one he claimed could save millions of lives.
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