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UPDATE - Trump Offers To Mediate India-Pakistan Conflict Over Kashmir, Sparking Backlash
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 23, 2019 | 04:50 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd July, 2019) US President Donald Trump said that he would be willing to serve as a mediator between Pakistan and India in their dispute over Kashmir.
"If I can help, I would love to be a mediator," Trump said on Monday during remarks with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office. "If you would want me to mediate or arbitrate, I would be willing to do that."
Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also asked him to be a mediator in the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir.
Khan said he too is hopeful that Trump will help facilitate dialogue between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue.
Later in the day, US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel said he spoke with Indian Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla about Trump's comments.
"Chairman Engel reiterated his support for the longstanding US bposition on the Kashmir dispute, saying he supported dialogue between India and Pakistan, but reaffirmed that the dialogue's pace and scope can only be determined by India and Pakistan.
He reaffirmed that in order for dialogue to be meaningful, Pakistan must first take concrete and irreversible steps to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure on Pakistan's soil," the readout said on Monday.
The Kashmir region has been fought over between India and Pakistan since the end of British rule in the region in 1947. Following several armed conflicts, the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in 2003. Since, both sides have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce, with continued instability in the region leading to the emergence of various extremist groups.
The tensions escalated dramatically after a February 14 terrorist attack on an Indian military convoy in Kashmir in which more than 40 people were killed. The Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Later in February, India carried out an airstrike in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, targeting what it said was a training camp belonging to the terrorist group.
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