TIL Desk/World/New York/ US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is talking with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan about Kashmir and he would help if he could. According to a transcript of the remarks made by him and Khan before their meeting in Davos, Trump said, “We”re talking about Kashmir and the relation to what”s going on with Pakistan and India. And if we can help, we certainly will be helping.”
He added, “And we”ve been watching that and following it very, very closely.” Trump was careful in his wording about possible involvement in the Kashmir issue compared to the past when he had made claims like Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked for his help. He qualified his statement by prefacing it with “if we can help”.
India is opposed to any third party involvement in the Kashmir or other disputes between the two countries because of the 1972 Simla Agreement in which the two countries agreed to deal with their disputes bilaterally. Trump said that relations between Pakistan and the US have been the closest they have ever been.
