PARIS – US President Donald Trump has said that India and Pakistan could handle their dispute over the occupied Jammu and Kashmir on their own, but he is there should they need him.
The POTUS discussed the issue on the sidelines of a G7 summit in France with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who withdrew autonomy for the state of Jammu and Kashmir on fifth of this month.
Trump said Modi told him that he had the Occupied Kashmir “under control”.
Modi, speaking alongside Trump, said the Kashmir issue was a bilateral one between India and Pakistan.
Trump has previously offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on the contested Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Last week, ahead of the bilateral meeting between the US president and India’s premier, a senior US official had said that Trump is “ready to assist” India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue.
The official maintained that the US is continuing to call for calm and restraint as their president is “very focused” on the situation in Kashmir because of the broader implications it has on the developments in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the potential for increased stability in the region.
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