Pakistan, India can handle Kashmir issue on their own: Trump
Biarritz, France
After repeatedly declaring occupied Kashmir an internal matter, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accepted that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between nuclear-armed neighbours.
He said this in his meeting with the US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of G7 Summit in Biarritz, France. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed various issues including occupied Kashmir.
The Indian prime minister told President Trump?that the issues between India and Pakistan are ‘bilateral’ and he does not want to trouble other countries in the world over Kashmir.
Speaking during a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France, President Donald Trump said that Pakistan and India could handle the issue of Kashmir on their own.
Trump said, “Pakistan and India can handle the issue on their own, but I am here.” The US president has previously offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir.
Trump said he spoke to Modi about Kashmir and the Indian premier said he has it under control. When asked if Modi would like Trump to negotiate over Kashmir, the Indian premier said, “Issues between Pakistan and India are bilateral.”
“I have told Prime Minister Imran Khan that Pakistan and India should work together for the welfare of their two countries,” said Modi. Earlier, Donald Trump met with Narendra Modi and discussed the situation in occupied Kashmir. Trump raised the issue of occupied Kashmir with Modi expressing hope that something positive would come out of talks between Pakistan and India.“We spoke last night on Kashmir, the prime minister [Modi] feels like he has it under control. They speak with Pakistan and I am sure that they will be able to do something that will be very good,” Trump told reporters.
Indian Prime Minister Modi said issues between New Delhi and Islamabad were bilateral. “All issues between India and Pakistan are bilateral, which is why we don’t bother any other country regarding them… I am confident that we can discuss our problems and solve them together.”
He said India and Pakistan were together before 1947 and that he was “confident that we can discuss our problems and solve them, together”. — Reuters
