US President Donald Trump is undoing the achievements of his predecessors on India by \u201cblundering\u201d to volunteer to mediate over the Kashmir issue and has committed \u201cdiplomatic malpractice of a high order\u201d that could further alienate an important country .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US President on Monday stunned the world by saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, sought his help in resolving the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrump just committed diplomatic malpractice of a high order,\u201d said a report in The Washington Post.\u201cAfter his trade war with India, his blundering into the Kashmir conflict further alienates an important country whose friendship the United States needs to counter the rise of China,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Trump\u2019s remarks, the US State Department, in a damage control effort, later said it considered Kashmir a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and was ready to help only if the two countries wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would like to categorically assure the House that no such request has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President. I repeat, no such request was made by the Prime Minister to the US President,\u201d he said in a statement to Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPresidents George W Bush and Barack Obama had cultivated India; Trump is undoing their achievements with a few ignorant words,\u201d the top American daily said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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