India Rejects Trump’s Kashmir Mediation Offer, Reaffirms Stand on PoK
India has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate on Kashmir, reiterating that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is the only issue that remains between New Delhi and Islamabad.
India has taken a strong stance against third-party intervention in the Kashmir dispute following a mediation offer from former US President Donald Trump. Top government sources in New Delhi made it unequivocally clear that India does not require any external mediator and that the only unresolved matter is the return of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
“We have a very clear position on Kashmir. There is only one matter left – the return of PoK. There is nothing else to talk about,” a senior Indian government official told reporters. “We don’t want anyone to mediate. We don’t need anyone to mediate.”
Trump had praised both India and Pakistan for agreeing to de-escalate military tensions and offered to help mediate the Kashmir issue, which he described as centuries old. “I will work with you both to see if, after a thousand years, a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Pakistan responded positively. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed Trump’s gesture and appreciated the United States’ role in facilitating the recent ceasefire.
In an official statement, Pakistan reaffirmed its position that the Kashmir dispute must be resolved in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions. “Any just and lasting settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute must ensure the realisation of the fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people, including their inalienable right to self-determination,” Islamabad stated.
Pakistan stressed that the Kashmir issue has serious implications for regional peace and urged international support for a dialogue-driven resolution.
The latest diplomatic row follows four days of heightened military tensions along the Line of Control (LoC), triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. On Saturday, Trump announced that both nations had agreed to de-escalate, a move later confirmed by India’s Ministry of External Affairs during an official briefing.
While India has agreed to de-escalation, officials have emphasized that peace talks cannot proceed without concrete action from Pakistan on terrorism.
