Days after US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face talks in Alaska since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that Putin had personally briefed him on the outcome of the meeting.
The summit, held in Anchorage last week, produced no ceasefire but gave Putin a platform to press for territorial concessions from Kyiv.
In a post on X, PM Modi wrote: “Thank my friend, President Putin, for his phone call and for sharing insights on his recent meeting with President Trump in Alaska. India has consistently called for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict and supports all efforts in this regard. I look forward to our continued exchanges in the days to come.”
Putin’s Alaska trip marked his first visit to US soil in years and was seen as a symbolic diplomatic win, even though Ukraine swiftly rejected his proposals.
Meanwhile, US–India ties are under new strain. The Trump administration recently raised tariffs on Indian goods from 25% to 50%, arguing that India’s refining and re-export of discounted Russian crude was helping to finance Moscow’s war effort.
India has called the move unfair, insisting that it will continue to secure energy supplies from a range of sources while maintaining its policy of strategic autonomy.
