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Trump says India-Pak tensions ‘less heated’ than 2 weeks ago

The comments were Trump’s first and comes two weeks since his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France on August 26.

Trump says India-Pak tensions ‘less heated’ than 2 weeks ago

PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump at G7 summit last month. (Photo: Twitter @narendramodi)

United States President Donald Trump has once again spoken on the India Pakistan tensions and his willingness to offer help to the two countries. This time the US President called the relations between the two neighbouring countries “less heated.”

The comments were Trump’s first and comes two weeks since his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France on August 26.

“India and Pakistan are having a conflict over Kashmir as you know. I think (it) is a little bit less heated right now than (what) was two weeks ago,” President Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.

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Tensions between the two neighbours escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status by scrapping provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution.

“I get along with both countries very well,” President Trump said while responding to a question on his assessment of the situation between India and Pakistan. “I am willing to help them if they want. They know that. That (offer) is out there.”

During a meeting with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in July, Donald Trump had offered to mediate between the two countries on the issue of Kashmir.

India was quick to reject the offer, saying the Kashmir was country’s internal matter. India had also dismissed President Trump’s astonishing claim that PM Modi had asked him to mediate. During his meeting with PM Modi in France last month, President Trump had said Kashmir is an issue that needs to be resolved between India and Pakistan.

Trump’s statement comes at a time when India is leaving no stone unturned to thwart attempts by Pakistan to internationalise the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) which began its 42nd session in Geneva on Monday.

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