The world wants to see an early end to the conflict in Ukraine, India said on Saturday, welcoming the summit talks in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders held extensive discussions on Friday but could not reach an agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
“India welcomes the Summit meeting in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. “Their leadership in the pursuit of peace is highly commendable,” it added.
The MEA said India appreciates the progress made during the summit. “The way forward can only be through dialogue and diplomacy,” it said, adding that “the world wants to see an early end to the conflict in Ukraine”.
Last week, Trump had levied additional 25 per cent tariffs on India to penalise the country for its purchase of Russian oil.
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🔗 https://t.co/JqRCJGLFcD pic.twitter.com/v8OFmoUSKs— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) August 16, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished the people of Ukraine a future marked by peace and progress, while thanking its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for his Independence Day wishes.
Wishing India on its Independence Day, Zelenskyy said on Friday that he hoped New Delhi would contribute to efforts aimed at ending the war with Russia.
Modi said on X: “Thank you President Zelenskyy for your warm greetings. I deeply value the joint commitment to forging even closer ties between India and Ukraine. We earnestly wish our friends in Ukraine a future marked by peace, progress and prosperity.”
Thank you President Zelenskyy for your warm greetings. I deeply value the joint commitment to forging even closer ties between India and Ukraine. We earnestly wish our friends in Ukraine a future marked by peace, progress and prosperity.@ZelenskyyUa https://t.co/g5HYuCuIRo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2025
Donald Trump on Friday claimed “great progress” in his high-stakes summit with Putin but admitted that no deal had been reached to end the conflict.
The US president also indicated that it was now up to Zelenskyy to “get it done” and that a meeting would be arranged between the Ukrainian President and Putin, which Trump might attend.
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“We had an extremely productive meeting and many points were agreed to,” Trump said at a joint press conference in Anchorage, Alaska. “There are just a very few that are left. Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant but we have a very good chance of getting there,” adding “There’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
The two leaders praised each other extensively – Putin even supported Trump’s claim that the war would never have started if Trump had won the 2020 election – but shared no details of the nearly three-hour meeting and did not take questions from reporters.
