I write to you in reference to Joyce Karam’s excellent article Donald Trump says US working with Pakistan’s Imran Khan to find way out of Afghan war (July 22).
During the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to the US, the American President Donald Trump suggested that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him for US mediation in Kashmir.
Mr Modi later denied these claims, and this stirred up controversy in the lower and upper houses of the Indian parliament.
The external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar categorically refused any external mediation in Pakistani-Indian affairs.
This is very confusing, and I think the government should clarify its position: did Mr Modi request the US’s help on Kashmir or not?
India’s position had always been that only bilateral talks can resolve border issues, and has repeatedly refused third-party mediation on this topic.
K Ragavan, Bengaluru
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