Published 23:49 IST, July 22nd 2019
"Trump is talking out of his hat," says Omar Abdullah over the US President's claim that PM Modi asked him to mediate Kashmir dispute
India became a crucial matter of discussion in the dialogue between Pakistan PM Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump, wherein the latter in an absurd claim said that he has been asked by PM Modi to be the mediator over the Kashmir issue with Pakistan. While, according to sources, the government was left stunned with the claim, the ludicrosity was even called out by Opposition leader Omar Abdullah.
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India became a crucial matter of discussion in dialogue between Pakistan PM Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump, wherein latter in an absurd claim said that he has been asked by PM Modi to be mediator over Kashmir issue with Pakistan. While, according to sources, government was left stunned with claim, ludicrosity was even called out by Opposition leer Omar Abdullah.
In his first tweet, NC leer questioned if Indian government will 'call Donald Trump a liar' and wondered if re has been an 'undeclared shift' in India's position over a third party involvement. However, went former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir n opined that US President was 'talking out of his hat,' furr said that he would like to see Ministry of External Affair call out Trump's statement.
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Sitting alongside Trump in Oval Office, Pakistan PM Imran Khan asked US President to conciliate Kashmir dispute with India, to which Trump in a fallacious claim stated that he was alrey asked by PM Modi to do same, furr expressed his willingness to be mediator between two countries.
However, despite Trump's declaration, Indian government has never requested a third party interference in Kashmir dispute, furrmore, has assertively told Pakistan that 'terror and talks cant go hand in hand.'
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Meanwhile, an official statement by Ministry of External Affairs is awaited to put an end to controversy. However, in official press release of White House condensing contents of meet between hes of US and Pakistan, re has been mention of India or Kashmir whatsoever. Re press brief here
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23:34 IST, July 22nd 2019