*NEW DELHI – **US President Donald Trump irks India with his Kashmirmediation offer yet again.*
*Raising the issue of extremism and Kashmir with the Indian government, USPresident Donald Trump has once again offered to mediate on Kashmir.*
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Trump said that he has goodrelations with Prime Minister Imran Khan. “Kashmir is a big issue betweenPakistan and India. It should have been resolved so far if it is a disputebetween both countries,” he said.
The US president said that he had offered mediation because both countriescannot resolve the problem.
He said that the US wants an end to bloodshed in Afghanistan.
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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that India will buy $3 billionworth of military equipment, including attack helicopters, as the twocountries deepen defence and commercial ties in an attempt to balance theweight of China in the region.
India and the United States were also making progress on a big trade deal,Trump said. Negotiators from the two sides have wrangled for months tonarrow differences on farm goods, medical devices, digital trade and newtariffs.
