PM Modi will take care of it: Trump on cross-border terror

NEW YORK: Admitting that Pakistan has failed in its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said he was disappointed with the international community over the issue.Pakistan has been repeatedly snubbed by the international community on several platforms after it cried foul over India's abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, with many countries backing New Delhi on the matter."(I am) disappointed by the international community. If eight million Europeans or Jews or even eight Americans were put under siege, would the reaction have been the same? There's no pressure yet on Modi to lift the siege. We'll keep putting the pressure...What are 9,00,000 troops doing there? Once the curfew is lifted, god knows what is going to happen after that...You think Kashmiris will quietly accept that Kashmir has been annexed?" he stated at a presser in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pakistan's envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi were also present at the press conference with Khan.Khan acknowledged India's economic stature and global prominence while responding to why Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir is being overlooked."The reason is India, people look upon India as a market of 1.2 billion people...Some are appalled by it but by the end of it, they think of it as a market," he said.US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that it will be great if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan can "work out something" on Kashmir, distancing himself from any mediation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Trump made the remarks as he met Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session -- their fourth meeting since Modi came to power for a second term in May this year."I really believe that Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Khan will get along when they get to know each other. I think a lot of good things will come from that meeting... It will be great if they can work out something on Kashmir," Trump said in response to a volley of questions.When asked about the terrorism emanating from the Pakistani soil and Pakistan Army's links to terror groups, Trump said, "the Prime Minister (Modi) will take care of it"."You have a great PM, he will solve all problems," Trump said, responding to another question from an Indian journalist.Trumps remarks came a day after he met Imran Khan on Monday and once again offered to mediate between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue if both sides agree.India maintains that the Kashmir issue is a bilateral one and no third party has any role in it.Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.India's action evoked strong reactions from Pakistan which downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian ambassador.Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue but India has asserted that the abrogation of Article 370 was its "internal matter". New Delhi has also asked Islamabad to accept the reality and stop its anti-India rhetoric.