India pushed back against President Trump’s offer to mediate the dispute in Kashmir on Monday.
“We have seen @POTUS’s remarks to the press that he is ready to mediate, if requested by India & Pakistan, on Kashmir issue. No such request has been made by PM @narendramodi to US President,” Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“It has been India’s consistent position that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally. Any engagement with Pakistan would require an end to cross border terrorism. The Shimla Agreement & the Lahore Declaration provide the basis to resolve all issues between India & Pakistan bilaterally,” Kumar continued.
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Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan that Modi had asked him to mediate the decades-long Kashmir dispute.
“This has been going on for many, many years. … If I can help, I would love to be a mediator,” Trump said. “It’s impossible to believe two incredible countries that are very, very smart with very smart leadership can’t solve a problem like that.”
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JUST IN: India contradicts Trump, says government never asked him to mediate Kashmir dispute https://t.co/teG2kEHjLf pic.twitter.com/TozSVELRuy
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2019
“I have no idea where it is and know nothing about it.” https://t.co/pYwxuA7JjI
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 22, 2019
Trump couldn’t mediate a disagreement between two little kids over the last hot dog. Thank goodness India’s leadership has enough sense not to let him anywhere near this dispute.
Unlike many of Trump's lies, this one causes instant harm to Trump and America's interests. First, it angers a natural ally that is the best bulwark against a rising China – supposedly Trump's global priority. Second, it pollutes whatever trust remained between him and Modi (3) https://t.co/mbJiR7ymIC
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) July 23, 2019
You can’t blame the Indian opposition for trying to exploit Trump’s Kashmir gaffe, but the fact remains that no serious observer of US-India relations believes that Modi actually asked Trump to mediate. https://t.co/10PCLI89x6
— Sadanand Dhume (@dhume) July 23, 2019
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