Donald Trump Now Willing To ‘Help’ Resolve Kashmir Issue, Not ‘Mediate’ hindustantimes.com

US President Donald Trump also said that India-Pakistan tensions were a “little bit less heated right now than it was two weeks ago.US President Donald Trump on Monday said he is willing to “help” India and Pakistan resolve the Kashmir issue if “they want” but did not, significantly, use words such as “mediate” or “intervene” that he has several times in recent weeks to much irritation in New Delhi and elation in Islamabad.

But given the range of words the American president has used to frame his offer of intervention — “mediate”, “intervene” and “arbitrate”, and variations of those words — it was not clear if “help” marked a departure because he has used that word before as an alternative for “intervene. I’m willing to help them,” Trump told reporters in response to a question. “I get along well with both countries very well. I’m willing to help if they want. He also said that India-Pakistan tensions were a “little bit less heated right now than it was two weeks ago”.