NEW DELHI: India yesterday denied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked US President Donald Trump to mediate the decades-long Kashmir conflict with Pakistan, emphasising that third-party involvement is unnecessary. Mr Trump made the claim on Monday while speaking from the...
India and Pakistan divided Muslim-majority Kashmir after their independence in 1947, but both claim it in its entirety. An insurgency on the Indian side over the past three decades has left more than 70,000 dead, mainly civilians.
"I honestly don't think Trump has the slightest idea of what he is talking about," Mr Shashi Tharoor, a senior politician from India's main opposition Congress party, said on Twitter."If I can help, I would love to be a mediator," said the President, who prides himself on being a dealmaker. "Right now there are just bombs all over the place. They say everywhere you go, you have bombs, and it is a terrible situation... If I can do anything to help that, let me know."
India and Pakistan have fought two of their three full-scale wars over the Himalayan region and barely escaped another one in February when they launched cross-border air strikes at each other, sending tensions to the highest level. -
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