India, Aug. 16 -- India on Saturday welcomed the summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin which ended without agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine, with the external affairs ministry saying that the world wants an early end to the conflict.

Trump and Putin met for almost three hours in Alaska for the first US-Russia summit since the Russian leader launched the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Both leaders delivered statements after their meeting without taking questions from reporters, and there were no clear indications of how the two sides intend to move forward on ending the war that has killed or injured more than a million people from Ukraine and Russia.

"India welcomes the summit meet...