US President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, calling the incident a “bad one”. He also acknowledged that there was “great tension” between India and Pakistan.
Trump was responding to a question aboard Air Force One on his way to Rome when he gave his first public reaction to the Pahalgam terror attack. He said that there have always been tensions between India and Pakistan, but the two nations always figure it out between themselves “one way or the other”.
“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 one (terrorist attack),” Trump said.
Responding to a question regarding the escalating border tensions, he said: “There have been tensions on that border for 1,500 years. It’s been the same, but I am sure they’ll figure it out one way or the other. I know both leaders. There’s great tension between Pakistan and India, but there always has been.”
#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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Tensions Between India And Pakistan
Tensions between India and Pakistan simmered after the recent terror attack in Pahalgam’s Baisaran, where terrorists opened fire at tourists, claiming the lives of 26 people, including two foreigners. The assault is one of the deadliest terror attacks in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwana attack.
India announced a raft of retaliatory measures agaist Pakistan after the attack including revoking the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) for Pakistani nationals, reducing diplomatic staff in the high commissions of both the countries, suspending of the Indus Waters Treaty, expelling Pakistani military attaches, and shutting down the Attari land-transit post.
In response, Pakistan on Thursday announced closing its airspace for all Indian airlines and suspending trade with New Delhi. It also rejected India’s decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty, saying that any measures to stop the flow of water under the pact will be viewed as an “act of terror”.
