Donald Trump, President of the United States has reiterated that he is ready to mediate between India and Pakistan to reslove the Kashmir issue.
According to a report by the Hindustan Times, Trump also seemed to be doubling down on a part of the earlier offer in which he had claimed that Narendra Modi had asked him to mediate in a recent conversation, which had been forcefully and swiftly dismissed by India.
“If they wanted somebody to intervene or to help them,” Trump said in response to question from a reporter at the White House about his earlier offer to mediate the Kashmir issue, “and I spoke to Pakistan about that … I spoke frankly with India about it… if they wanted me to I would certainly intervene”.
Recently, during a meeting with Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, President Trump said: “I was with Prime Minister Modi two weeks ago, and we talked about the subject. And he actually said, ‘would you like to be a mediator, or arbitrator’, and I said ‘where?’, and he said ‘Kashmir’, because this has been going on for many, many years. I was surprised for how long it has been going on,” to which Imran Khan interjected to say, “70 years”.
“I think they would like to see it resolved. I think you would like to see it resolved and if I can help, I would love to be a mediator. It is impossible to believe that two incredible countries that are very, very smart and very smart leadership can’t resolve it… but if you want me to mediate or arbitrate, I would be willing to do it,” the US President said.
