US President Donald Trump has suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "not a man that wanted to make peace," while claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin does want to end the war.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas also joined in the support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House for a crucial meeting with President Donald Trump at which they are expected to announce a deal sharing rights to his country’s rare earth minerals and other natural resources.
As befits a monarch, Trump makes outrageous statements, and makes equally outrageous demands from leaders who come to pay homage to him. Later on, as is the wont of kings, Trump mellows down a bit, and allows himself to be persuaded to agree to somewhat more rational solutions.
After US President Donald Trump's threat to hit the European Union (EU), a 27-member bloc, with 25 per cent tariffs, a meeting between the top leadership of India and the EU on Friday is expected to give fresh push to efforts to seal an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA).
The official death toll in Russia is 2,212, although the Kremlin has ascribed the deaths of more than 60 per cent of coronavirus patients in April to other causes.
He also spoke about how the health crisis has underscored racial inequality in America, and expressed outrage at the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot dead on February 23 while out for a jog in Georgia.
In a tweet, shortly after midnight on Friday, Donald Trump announced that his country would donate ventilators to India in the fight against COVID-19. 'We stand with India and Narendra Modi during this pandemic,' he had said.
China, as per the trade deal inked earlier this year, is buying a lot more of American goods than last year.
Trump also lauded Indian-American scientists and researchers for their efforts in developing medicines and vaccines to treat the deadly Coronavirus.
