House Democrats apologize to India ambassador for Trump's 'amateurish' claim about Kashmir
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee spoke with India’s ambassador to the U.S., Harsh Shringla, on Monday to apologize for President Donald Trump’s claim that he was asked by the Indian prime minister to mediate the Kashmir territorial conflict between his country and Pakistan.
“Everyone who knows anything about foreign policy in South Asia knows that India consistently opposes third-party mediation [regarding] Kashmir,” Rep. Brad Sherman of California tweeted Monday. “Everyone knows [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi] would never suggest such a thing. Trump’s statement is amateurish and delusional. And embarrassing,” he wrote.
Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel also pushed back against Trump’s suggestion to mediate the conflict on Monday, telling Shringla in a phone call Monday that the U.S. would effectively stay out of the disagreement.
Engel, a New York Democrat, reiterated his support for the longstanding U.S. position on the disputed territory of Kashmir that India and Pakistan should hold a dialogue over it, but that other countries, including the U.S., should not dictate the “pace and scope” of that dialogue, according to a readout of the conversation.
A spokesman for Indian Prime Minister Modi flatly denied Trump’s claim that Modi asked Trump to mediate, reiterating India’s position that any solution on who controls Kashmir will arise from bilateral negotiations with Pakistan.
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Oh, OOOOPS.
Nevermind.
No doubt if Faux even covers this, the story will be all about how Modi is LYING to SAVE FACE!!!11!!1!
