Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday urged the US to use its \u201cinfluence\u201d to \u201cpersuade\u201d India to start talks on the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qureshi\u2019s remarks came after US President Donald Trump said Kashmir was a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan but he would be happy to mediate if they want him to do so.The Foreign Minister said India was avoiding the talks and did not appear willing to negotiate on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndia insists it is a bilateral matter, but it is not even willing to come to the table for talks,\u201d told Geo News.Qureshi said he will also write a letter to the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, rejecting any mediation by Trump on Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday made it clear to his American counterpart Mike Pompeo that \u201cany discussion on the issue, if at all warranted, will only be with Pakistan and only bilaterally\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last month, President Trump offered to be the \u201cmediator\u201d between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue when he met Prime Minister Imran Khan for the first time at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrump offered mediation keeping in view the regional situation. We thank for the offer, and we have expressed our willingness,\u201d Qureshi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want peace. Our focus right now is the Afghan peace process. If India create any obstacle to the peace process in Afghanistan, then regional peace will suffer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, in his joint media appearance with Pakistan Prime Minister Khan in Oval Office, Trump stunned India by saying that Modi sought his mediation\/arbitration on the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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