<h1>National Security Advisor Meets Foreign Leaders to Boost Energy and Defense Ties Amid Rising Trade Tariffs</h1> A national security advisor met with a foreign president and security council secretary to discuss bilateral energy and defense cooperation and to prepare for the president's upcoming visit. The visit coincided with an executive order by a third country's president imposing increased tariffs on goods from the advisor's country as a penalty for purchasing oil from the foreign president's nation. The discussions aimed to strengthen strategic ties amid escalating international trade tensions.