India, Aug. 16 -- US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Saturday and held talks the Republican described as "productive". While he said the two leaders were yet to reach a deal in terms of the Ukraine crisis, "great progress" was made.

As Trump departed for Alaska to meet his Russian counterpart earlier today, he spoke about his expectations from the meeting. In a conversation with Fox News, Trump was asked if there was an economic side to Putin coming to the table for talks, to which the US President mentioned India, saying Russia lost an oil client - India.

"Well, they lost an oil client so to speak, which is India, which was doing about 40% of the oil, China as you know is doing a lot...and I...