
Donald Trump says Narendra Modi asked him to mediate on Kashmir. India denies making the request
2019-07-23 09:25:24 source:South China Morning Post
July 23, 2019
India on Tuesday denied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked US President Donald Trump to mediate the decades-long Kashmir conflict with Pakistan, emphasising that third-party involvement is unnecessary.
Trump made the claim on Monday while speaking from the Oval Office where he hosted Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The president said that during a meeting two weeks ago Modi had asked: “‘Would you like to be a mediator, or arbitrator’ [on Kashmir]?”
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