Talks on Kashmir conflict will only be with Pakistan, India reacts to Trump's offer
Last updated on: 03 August,2019 06:11 am
The minister told that he has already conveyed it to Mike Pompeo.
MUMBAI (Dunya News) – While responding to US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate Kashmir issue, External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar on Friday 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.
Have conveyed to American counterpart @SecPompeo this morning in clear terms that any discussion on Kashmir, if at all warranted, will only be with Pakistan and only bilaterally.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) August 2, 2019Meanwhile, Indian media claimed that its government has decided to deploy 25,000 more army soldiers in the occupied Kashmir.
Trump again offers to mediate Kashmir issue amid praises for Imran and Modi
Earlier today, Donald Trump once again offered to mediate Kashmir dispute and said, “It’s really up to Modi (to accept the offer of mediation). If they wanted me to, I would certainly intervene."
He also praised Pakistani and Indian prime ministers Imran Khan and Narendra Modi respectively and called them fantastic persons. 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."