TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump on Monday offered to mediate in the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan, claiming Prime Minister Narendra Modi had broached the subject with him during their meeting in Japan last month.
Speaking to reporters before his meeting in the White House with visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, 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.”
Trump made the assertion answering a question from a reporter about what he would do to help resolve the Kashmir issue. But before Trump answered, Khan said: “I will be asking President Trump (on Kashmir), the US can play the most important role in bringing peace in the subcontinent, which is held hostage to the issue of Kashmir.”
