Trump claims Modi asked him to mediate in the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate the decades-long Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, a move that signals a shift in long-standing US policy that the issue must be solved bilaterally.nn”If I can help, I would love to be a mediator,” Trump said at the White House on Monday, where he was hosting Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. “If I can do anything to help, let me know.”nnTrump also said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to help with the Kashmirdispute, Reuters news agency reported.nnIndia has been against a third party mediation on Kashmir and has called it an “internal matter” whenever the issue has been raised by Pakistan at the international forum.nn