US President Donald Trump has said that there is a “very dangerous situation” between India and Pakistan following the February 14 militant attack in Kashmir, and indicated that Washington was trying to defuse the heightening tensions between the two neighbours.
“Right now between Pakistan and India, there is a very, very bad situation. A very dangerous situation. We 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),” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday.
“India is looking at something very strong. India just lost almost 50 people in the attack. I can understand that too,” Trump said while adding that his government was in talks with authorities of both countries.
“We’re talking. A lot of people are. It’s going to be a very, very delicate balance. There is a lot of problems between India and Pakistan because of what just happened,” he said.
Trump, in response to a question during Friday’s news briefing, said that the US had suspended military aid to Pakistan “because they weren’t helping us in the way that they should have”.
“I stopped paying Pakistan the $1.3 billion that we used to pay them. In the meantime, we may set up some meetings with Pakistan,” he said, but did not explain the nature, level or timings of those meetings.
He, however, added that ties between the two countries had improved.
“We have developed a much better relationship with Pakistan (in a) short period of time than we had (before),” Trump said.