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Trump said that China holds great power in resolving the current situation and expressed willingness to work together to end the war in Ukraine. He also said Ukraine was ready for a deal.
Donald Trump addressing the WEF Summit in Davos. (AP Image)
US President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that China can play an essential role in ending the nearly three-year Russia-Ukraine War, emphasising that he shared good relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Asserting that the war “really needs to be stopped," Trump said, “I like Presdent Xi very much, I have always liked him. We have always had a good relationship. It was very strained with Covid coming out of Wuhan… We always had a great relationship and we look forward to getting along with China."
“Hopefully, China can help us stop the war in Russia-Ukraine. They have a great deal of power over that situation and we’ll work with them. I mentioned that during the phone conversation with President Xi and hopefully we can work together and get that stopped," he added.
Trump had hinted at imposing 60% tariffs on China after returning to the White House. At the Davos Summit, he said the US wanted a “level-playing field" and “fairness", blaming his predecessor Joe Biden for massive trade deficits with China. “We don’t have to make it phenomenal, we just have to make it fair," Trump said.
He also hinted at de-nuclearisation talks involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi, which he said would be an “unbelievable thing for the planet".
Trump Wants To Meet Putin: ‘Ukraine Ready For Deal’
Trump further said he wanted to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon to secure an end to the almost three-year-old war with Ukraine, lamenting what he called the huge loss of life.
“One thing very important that I would really like to be able to do is to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended and that’s not the standpoint of the economy or anything else. It’s from the standpoint of millions of lives being wasted. Beautiful and young people are being shot on the battlefield," he said.
The President also said US efforts to secure a peace settlement were now hopefully underway, but gave no details. When asked about whether there will be a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Trump responded, “Well, you are going to have to ask Russia. Ukraine is ready to make a deal.
“This is a war that should have never ever been started. I knew it (Ukraine) was the apple of President Putin’s eye but I also knew that there was no way he was going in and he wasn’t going go in. When I was out, bad things happened," he added.
This came after Trump on Wednesday issued a big warning to Putin – telling him to make a deal to end the grinding war in Ukraine or face tariffs and sanctions. “If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries," Trump said on his Truth Social network.
The Kremlin said on Thursday it saw nothing particularly new in a threat by US President Donald Trump to hit Russia with new sanctions and tariffs if it did not agree to end the war in Ukraine. “We carefully record all the nuances. We remain ready for dialogue, President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this – for equal dialogue, for mutually respectful dialogue," said spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
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First Published:January 23, 2025, 22:41 IST
News world 'I Like President Xi': Donald Trump Says He Hopes China Willl Help End Ukraine War
