US president alarmed by \u2018very dangerous situation\u2019 between Pakistan, India
\nOnline
\nWASHINGTON
\nUnited States President Donald Trump, while voicing alarm at a \u201cvery dangerous\u201d standoff between India and Pakistan, indicated that the US and others are trying to defuse tensions between South Asia\u2019s two nuclear-armed states.
\n\u201cRight now between Pakistan and India, there is a very, very bad situation. A very dangerous situation,\u201d Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. \u201cWe would like to see it [hostilities] stop. A lot of people were just killed. We want to see it just stop. We are very much involved in that [process],\u201d he added.
\nAt least 40 Indian soldiers were killed in occupied Kashmir\u2019s Pulwama district on Feb 14 when a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into their convoy. According to media reports, Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility for the attack but New Delhi immediately blamed Islamabad and threatened a retaliatory attack. It also announced that it would launch a diplomatic offensive to isolate Pakistan in the international community. Furthermore, India scrapped the Most Favoured Nation status granted to Pakistan and imposed a 200 per cent customs duty on its goods.
\nThe exchange alarmed world capitals, who \u2014 as President Trump hinted in his news briefing on Friday \u2014 immediately got in touch with both New Delhi and Islamabad to defuse the situation.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re talking and a lot of people are talking […] but it is a very, very delicate balance going on. Right now, there is (sic) a lot of problems between India and Pakistan because of what just happened,\u201d Trump said.
\nTrump assured India that the US understood its feelings. \u201cIndia is looking at something very strong. India just lost almost 50 people in the attack. I can understand that too,\u201d he said, adding that his administration was talking to \u201cauthorities in both countries\u201d. He, however, did not specify what measures the US and other nations had so far taken to avoid further escalation between the neighboring countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US president alarmed by \u2018very dangerous situation\u2019 between Pakistan, India Online WASHINGTON United States President Donald Trump, while voicing alarm at a \u201cvery dangerous\u201d standoff between India and Pakistan, indicated that the US and others are trying to defuse tensions between South Asia\u2019s two nuclear-armed states. \u201cRight now between Pakistan and India, there is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n