US President Donald Trump has said that there have “always been tensions” between India and Pakistan, as relations between the two neighbours worsened after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam left 26 people dead this week.
“I am very close to India and I’m very close to Pakistan, as you know. And they’ve had that fight for 1,000 years in Kashmir… Probably longer than that,” he told reporters as he travelled aboard Air Force One to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral.
“It was a bad one,” he said, referring to Tuesday’s attack in Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam, which was the deadliest one in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times.
#WATCH | On #PahalgamTerroristAttack, US President Donald Trump says, “I am very close to India and I’m very close to Pakistan, and they’ve had that fight for a thousand years in Kashmir. Kashmir has been going on for a thousand years, probably longer than that. That was a bad… pic.twitter.com/R4Bc25Ar6h
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“There have been tensions on that border for 1,500 years. So you know, the same as it’s been, but they’ll get it figured out one way or the other. I’m sure… I know both leaders. There is great tension between Pakistan and India. But there always has been,” President Trump added.