US President Donald Trump has said that he has discussed the
Kashmir issue with the leaders of Pakistan and India and has informed them that
they are ready to mediate on the issue between the two countries.
Speaking to reporters outside the UN General Assembly, he
said he was ready to do whatever he could on the Kashmir issue.
He further said that Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan
and his counterpart Narendra Modi are 'friends of mine and both should work
together to solve their problems'.
He said the Kashmir issue has been going on for a long time
but he is hopeful that there will be a better solution.
Trump stressed that since Pakistan and India are nuclear
powers, the two have to work together.
The US President had a telephonic conversation with the
prime ministers of the two countries on August 21 last month. Speaking on the
occasion, Trump said that relations between the two countries have been bad for
a long time and this is a "dangerous situation."
The US President also said that the Prime Ministers of
Pakistan and India are currently facing a serious problem.
“Both Prime Ministers are my friends, and both are very
human beings, they both love their country but they are facing a difficult
situation, Kashmir is a serious issue that has been going on for a very long
time.
Trump had earlier held talks with India and Pakistan's prime
ministers on August 20 to ease the recent tensions in the region over
India-administered Kashmir issue.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in a meeting
with the editorial boards of the US newspapers, the New York Times and the Wall
Street Journal, dismissed that the international community was expressing indifference
to the situation in Kashmir.
Talking to the New York Times, he said there was a risk of
bloodshed in Indian-administered Kashmir and the international community could
no longer remain silent. He said that in his address to the UN General Assembly,
he would demand that the Indian-administered Kashmir intervene.
He said: 'If the UN does not speak in this matter, who will
speak?' He said that India was acting irresponsibly which would harm
its own interests.
According to him, some countries may not want to talk too
much on this issue because of their interests with India.
However, he said that the UN would have to intervene to ease
the growing tensions between Pakistan and India as both countries are also nuclear
powers.
