OHIO – The US President Donald Trump has reiterated his offer to mediate between Pakistan and India on Kashmir issue, the Radio Pakistan reported.
Talking to reporters at Ohio, he said that it is up to New Delhi and Islamabad to decide on mediation and he is ready to assist both the sides.
He said that the issue of Kashmir had been going on for a long time.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are fantastic people.
Trump said, “I think they are fantastic people Khan and Modi — I mean. I would imagine they could get along very well, but if they wanted somebody to intervene, to help them and I spoke with Pakistan about that and I spoke frankly in (sic) India about it.”
On the other hand, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that any discussion on the matter will only be held with Pakistan.
The minister took to social networking website and told that he has already conveyed to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in clear terms that talks on Kashmir conflict will only be bilateral with Pakistan.
Earlier, while holding a press conference with PM Imran in Washington, the US president had offered to mediate the decades-long Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
