US President Donald Trump says that Pakistan and India will figure out their issues themselves, including the Kashmir issue. Tensions have once again soared between the two South Asian neighbors after 26 Indian tourists were killed in Pahalgam, IIOJK, in an attack by unidentified gunmen.
India has directly accused Pakistan of orchestrating the attack in IIOJK territory. Meanwhile, Pakistan has denied these accusations. The diplomatic relations between the two countries have once again been suspended since the attack, with India threatening a wide range of actions against Pakistan, from military onslaught to abrogating the Indus Water Treaty.
Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, cited historical conflict in the disputed border region and said he knew both countries’ leaders, but did not answer when asked whether he would contact them.
He added: “But, they’ll get it figured out, one way or the other, I’m sure of that. There’s been great tension between Pakistan and India, but there always has been.”
When asked if he would talk to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said: , “I am very close to India and I’m very close to Pakistan as you know,” adding that the Kashmir dispute had been ongoing “for a thousand years, probably longer than that”.
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Tensions are simmering between India and Pakistan with each passing day, with politicians from both sides of the border passing hard and aggressive statements against each other.
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce also briefly discussed the latest tensions between India and Pakistan.
“It’s a rapidly changing situation, and we are monitoring it closely We are not now taking a position on the status of Kashmir or Jammu,” she said, adding that this was all she had to say.