Fury in India over Donald Trump's Kashmir claims.

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US president said during meeting with Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, that India wanted him to mediate.

During a meeting in the White House with Imran Khan on Monday, Trump said he would be ‘willing’ to mediate between the two countries. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
▼ India’s foreign minister has firmly denied Donald Trump’s claim that the US president was invited by the Indian government to mediate in the Kashmirdispute, following a furious response from opposition MPs.
Trump’s remarks, made sitting  alongside the Pakistani prime  minister, Imran Khan, on Monday, provoked uproar in the Indian parliament and demands for the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to respond.
While Pakistanhas called for third-party involvement over the long-running dispute, India has always insisted the issue can only be resolved through direct talks with Islamabad.
Kashmir, in the Himalayas, is claimed by India and Pakistan in full and ruled in part by both. An insurgency has waxed and waned on the Indian-administered side for three decades, and tens of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict.
Trump’s suggestions were quickly rebuttedby Delhi on Monday night and, following heated exchanges in parliament on Tuesday, the foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, issued a strenuous denial.
“It has been India’s consistent position that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally,” he said, amid jeering from MPs. “I would further underline that any engagement with Pakistan would require an end to cross-border terrorism.”
Opposition members walked out in protest, demanding a response from Modi.
During his first visit to Washington as Pakistan prime minister this week, Khan told Trump:  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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themaskeditor

Trump is a blabber mouth. He does not know the facts. Also his speaking of lies has been exposed many times. And every body knows about his back door business deals with Russia.

We should hold a firm stand against USA on our internal issues and security matter. We should not allow their interference. For the same first of all we need to become complete self reliant on defense.