President Donald Trump is willing to help mediate the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, the US State Department has said.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the president’s efforts are consistently aimed at resolving deep-rooted global conflicts.
“President Trump has been the only one to bring certain people to the table to have conversations that nobody thought were possible,” she said. “It shouldn’t surprise anyone that he’d want to manage something like that.”
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When asked whether the US administration might support a UN Security Council resolution or host leaders from both countries, Bruce said she could not speak to the president’s future plans.
As much as Modi gang doesn’t want to hear the K word, the state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce blasts again. She says mediation on Kashmir between India and Pakistan is very much on the mind of President Trump. pic.twitter.com/R5kPZaljRD
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“But the world knows his nature,” she said. “It is an exciting time... and I hope perhaps something like that can also get resolved before the President [leaves office].”
Bruce also confirmed PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari met Under Secretary for Political Affairs Allison Hooker during a visit to Washington last week.
“They reiterated US support for the ongoing ceasefire — as you might imagine, thank God — between Pakistan and India,” said State Department spokesperson Bruce. “They also discussed important issues to the bilateral relationship, including counterterrorism cooperation.”
The Pakistani delegation visited Washington from May 31 to June 6, meeting more than a dozen US lawmakers and senior State Department officials.
Bilawal Bhutto also presented Pakistan’s views on Indian military actions, rising regional tensions, and concern over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.
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Indian parliamentary delegation was also in Washington during the same period. Deputy Secretary Landau met the group and reaffirmed strong US support for India in its counterterrorism efforts and broader strategic ties.
Last month following a brief military standoff, the US announced a ceasefire on May 10. President Trump later wrote on Truth Social: “I will work with you, both to see if, after a ‘thousand years,’ a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir.”
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Pakistan welcomed the offer, while India rejected it, maintaining that Kashmir is strictly a bilateral matter.
In an interview with AFP, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari urged US President Donald Trump to play an active role in bringing India to the negotiating table for comprehensive talks with Pakistan.
He emphasised that while Pakistan remains open to discussions on terrorism, the Kashmir conflict must be the central focus of any meaningful dialogue.
Earlier, President Trump praised Pakistan’s handling of recent tensions with India, calling its leadership “very strong.” Speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump remarked, “Some people won’t like when I say that, but it is what it is,” and credited his diplomatic efforts for helping de-escalate the crisis.
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