Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday extended his country’s relations with India and China with President Trump on 17 August with the announcement of a planned meeting with Putin in Alaska.
Putin on Friday made phone calls with both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which Trump had determined as a time limit for Russia to agree to the peace deal or to face the “secondary tariff” on his leading business partners.
The Wall Street Journal said on Friday that Putin is demanding major regional concessions in exchange for Ukraine to stay to fight.
Modi’s call came with Putin as India is facing an additional 25 percent in the US tariff on the continuous purchase of Russian oil, later, 25 percent of the 25 percent “mutual” was set to kick on top of the tariff that came into effect this week.
Modi said after the call that he had a “very good and detailed conversation” with the Russian leader, who informed him on the latest development of the Russia-Ukraine War.
Modi said, “We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and confirmed our commitment to deepen the India-Russia special and privileged strategic partnership,” Modi said. “I am eager to host President Putin in India later this year.”
The phone came with Modi a day after Putin meet India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Moscow. India has pushed back on Trump’s tariff hazards, stating that it is necessary to buy Russian oil to stabilize domestic energy costs.
Putin spoke with Xi on Friday, briefing the Chinese President on Wednesday’s Handling with special messenger, Trump’s special messenger. Crarymalin Said That Xi showed “support for the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis for a long time”.
The Chinese President told Putin that Beijing, which provided significant support to the Russia’s war, would continue to “promote peace and dialogue”.
After Wednesday’s meeting between Putin and Vitchoff, there was a call between diplomacy on all sides, which Trump said that was “highly productive” and “great progress”.
chairman Wags Russia may stare at the “severe” tariff last month if Moscow did not agree to a ceasefire within the next two months, a time -long line they reduced until Friday of this week.
He has said that nations trade with Russia will have to face 100 percent “secondary” tariff in a bid to financially separate Moscow.
Asked at the White House from Friday, hosting the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peace summit, if Friday’s deadline would still be punished for Russia, if it did not agree to the ceasefire, Trump demarbed.
The President told reporters, “We are going to see what they have to say.” “This is going to happen on him. Very disappointed.”
At the end of Friday, Trump announced on social media that he and Putin would meet in Alaska next Friday.
At the White House, Trump indicated that the swapping region between Russia and Ukraine is part of a possible peace talks between Moscow and Kiev.
“You are looking at an area that has been fought for three and a half years. A lot of Russians have died, a lot of Ukrainians. So we are watching it, but we are really doing something back and some swapping. It’s complicated,” Trump said on Friday.
“This is really – nothing easy. It’s very complex. But we are going to get something back. And we are going to switch something,” the President said. “They will swapping the states for the betterment of both, but we will talk about that later or whatever it is.”
The journal Informed The proposal of that Putin forces Ukraine to withdraw its army from the Eastern Donnetsk region, essentially overseeing Moscow, with Luhansk and Donnetsk to most east of the country with Crimea. In a second phase, Putin and Trump will agree on the final peace agreement that will later be discussed with Zelancesi.
A spokesman for Vitkoff refused to comment.
Vicchoff spoke with senior European officials from Germany, France, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Italy and Finland on Thursday, two sources familiar with The Hill on Thursday told The Hill.
According to a NATO official and another source on the case, the special envoy made another call with European National Security Officers on Friday. After the handle, Andrey Yermak, top advisor to Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky, said, “officials focused on the coordination of posts for Ukraine as soon as possible and just to bring peace.”
“We are ready to work as much as possible to save life and stop fighting,” wrote On social media.
The President said at the White House on Friday that Zelansky “has to get everything he wants, because he has to be ready to sign something and I think he is working hard to do so.”
