India, Aug. 24 -- US Vice President JD Vance has cited the penal tariffs levied on India as one of the ways through which Russia was compelled into talks to end the war in Ukraine.

He was asked what pressures could get Russia to the table with Ukraine after Vladimir Putin held talks with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, and Trump then met the Ukraine President too. There are still no concrete plans for a trilateral meet for a final truce or end.

JD Vance replied: "The President (Donald Trump) has applied aggressive economic leverage; for example, the secondary tariffs on India, to try to make it harder for the Russians to get rich from their oil economy."

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