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DONALD TRUMP AND NARENDRA MODI’S
MEET ON SIDELINES OF G7 SUMMIT
United States President Donald Trump and India Prime Minister
Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting on August 26 on the
sidelines of the G7 summit in France.
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Backing off from his earlier statements to
mediate between India and Pakistan, President
Trump agreed that Kashmir is a “bilateral issue”
and he supported when Prime Minister Modi
said India doesn’t “want to trouble any third
country”.
Both PM Modi and President Trump said
India and Pakistan should resolve the issues
bilaterally.
“We spoke last night about Kashmir, Prime
Minister [Modi] feels he has it under control.
They speak with Pakistan and I’m sure that
they will be able to do something that will
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be very good,” said Trump. Sitting beside
the US President, PM Modi, while reiterating
India’s stance on Kashmir, said: “All the issues
between India and Pakistan are of bilateral,
and we don’t want to trouble any third country.
We can discuss and resolve these issues
bilaterally.”
After the abrogation of Article 370, which
provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir,
this was the first official meeting between both
the leaders.
The move to revoke special status to Jammu
and Kashmir has been fiercely criticized by