In a rare interview with an American journalist, the Russian president also said the war with Ukraine would stop in a few weeks if the US stopped supplying arms to Kyiv.
Concerns about China's increasingly aggressive stance on Taiwan have been in sharp focus during talks among G7 foreign ministers in Japanese resort town of Karuizawa.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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