Washington: US President Donald Trump has suggested he could travel to India next year and said the talks with India are going well.

"It's great, going good. He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) stopped. Largely, he stopped buying oil from Russia," Trump said at the Oval Office in response to a question on how talks with Modi and trade discussions with India are progressing.

"He's a friend of mine, and we speak... He wants me to go there. We'll figure that out. I'll go. I had a great trip there with Prime Minister Modi; he's a great man. And I'll be going," he added.

When asked whether he planned to go to India next year, Trump said, "It could be, yeah."

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Although the dates have not yet been announced, India will host leaders from Australia, Japan, and the United States for the Quad summit in New Delhi, following the 2024 summit in Wilmington, Delaware.

Trump also reiterated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan in May by using trade.

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"Of the eight wars I ended, I would say five or six were ended because of tariffs. I'll give you an example. If you take a look at India and Pakistan, they started to fight; they are two nuclear nations... And I said, Listen, if you guys are going to fight, I'm gonna put tariffs on you," Suggesting that he settled the war in 24 hours.

The president also termed tariffs a "great national defence".

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