ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): United States President Donald Trump on Thursday once again offered a mediation role for the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India, a day after a similar statement by the US State Department.
Responding to questions after a bill-signing ceremony on Thursday, the US President remarked, “I will work with both of you to see if, after a ‘thousand years’, a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir.”
“I stopped a nuclear war with trade. Nobody can do that,” he stated. “I said, You’re not trading with us if you go to war … if you’re going to start throwing nuclear weapons around.”
“They were both unbelievable. They understood it exactly, and they stopped. I stopped that war with phone calls and trade,” Trump added. He further said that India is negotiating a trade deal in Washington, and a Pakistani delegation would arrive “I think next week”.
In response to another question, he added, “I told them [India and Pakistan] that it’s been a long-standing rivalry over Kashmir. I can solve anything.”
It must be noted that tensions between India and Pakistan came to their highest ever in the last 70 years after both countries exchanged ballistic missiles. India targeted civilian infrastructure and civilians, leading to the deaths of more than 30 innocent Pakistanis, including women and children.
Pakistan destroyed 6 Indian fighter jets while launching its retaliation codenamed Bunyanum Marsoos (Wall of lead), targeting more than a dozen Indian military targets.
On May 10, the US President suddenly announced a ceasefire between India and Pakistan while vowing that America would increase its trade with both countries.
Trump, since that day, has on multiple occasions taken credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, revealing that the “conflict could have gotten really bad.”
Donald Trump also gave a reality check to India by talking about the Kashmir dispute – the core factor behind instability in South Asia.
