Ahead of Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin, South Asia analyst claims that if Russian President ‘agrees to ceasefire, it would potentially take heat off of India’
South Asian Analyst Michael Kugelman said, “This seems to be the last trench he wants to accept to stop Trump’s fight or a ceasefire (with Ukraine).
Before US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Washington, DC-based South Asian Analyst Michael Kugelman stressed that there was a “strong connection between the Trump-Putin meeting and the tariffs brought to India. Speaking with suddenly, Kugelman said, “There is a potentially strong connection between this upcoming meeting and the tariffs in India, Kugel said Kugelman.
If Putin accepts a ceasefire, will Donald Trump take back the tariffs applied to India?
“This seems like the last ditches that Trump wants to do to stop Putin’s fight or accept the ceasefire (with Ukraine).
The tariffs in India, imposed by Trump, have been a point of discussion between the two countries. The United States, India’s oil imports from Russia, said 50 percent of Indian goods. Trump said he met with Putin to see what the parameters of a peace agreement could be before talking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders.
“I will meet with President Putin and see what happened in his mind, and if it is a fair agreement, I will explain to the leaders of the European Union and NATO leaders, as well as President Zelensky,” he said.
Donald Trump optimizes the possibility of normal trade between the US and Russia
In the early hours of the day, Trump expressed optimism about the possibility of normal trade between both countries. When asked if he saw a normal trade between the United States and Russia, Trump said, orum If Russia has a very valuable land part.
“We will have a meeting with Vladimir Putin. And at the end of this meeting, I will probably know exactly whether an agreement can be made in the first two minutes,” he added.
Trump addressed the White House briefing on Monday (local time).
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