New Delhi: Even though the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit conducted without an agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine War, India appreciated the “progress” in a meeting between the US and Russian presidents, his leadership in the discovery of peace in an official statement is “highly commendable”.The Indian government is hoping that Trump’s claims about great progress in Alaska, and even in the absence of a ceasefire, will reduce American pressure on India to review their energy relations with Russia.The Indian government said that India welcomes the meeting of the summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russia President Vladimir Putin. “India appreciates the progress made at the summit. The path ahead can only be through dialogue and diplomacy. The world wants to see the initial end of the struggle in Ukraine, “it said.Facing an additional 25% tariff/secondary restrictions from the US for its energy imports from Russia, India would prefer to see the quick end of the war in Ukraine as it would have unstable these restrictions. The Trump administration imposed additional tariffs, which will be applicable on August 27, in which the Indian government was accused of financing Ukraine for the war of Russia.Just before the meeting, Trump said Russia lost India as its “oil customer”, suggesting that the US could reconsider the issue of secondary sanctions. After the meeting, it was asked if they have still planned to punish countries like China for trade with Russia, Trump said that they did not have to think about what happened at the summit with Putin. “Now, I may have to think about it in two weeks or three weeks or something, but we don’t have to think about it yet. I think you know, the meeting went very well, “Trump said, hopefully secondary restrictions on India may not apply.US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant ahead of the Trump-Putin Summit for India, stating that India could extend the sanctions on India if Alaska’s meeting was not good. India considers these sanctions inappropriate and unfair as such action has been taken to other countries importing from Russia.A New York agency report said that Trump indicated that he would not impose additional tariffs on India as he said that Russia had lost only one “oil customer” in India.“Well, he (Putin) lost an oil customer, so to speak, which is India, which was about 40% oil. China, as you know, is doing a lot … and, if I did what I did what is called a secondary approval, or a secondary tariff, then it would be very destructive from their perspective. If I have to do it, I would have to do it, I would have to do it, I would have to do it, I would have to do it.
