US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to "moderate" his rhetoric with India over Kashmir, as he underlined the need of exercising restraint by both sides and avoid escalation of the "tough situation" in the region.
Trump on Monday spoke separately to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Khan in his bid to ease fresh Indo-Pak tensions after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5.
Trump's counsel to Khan came as Prime Minister Modi, during his telephonic conversation with the US president, conveyed that the "extreme rhetoric and incitement" to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace.
After his 30-minute conversation with Modi, Trump held a telephonic conversation with Khan, the second in less than a week.
"Spoke to my two good friends, Prime Minister Modi of India, and Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan, regarding trade, strategic partnerships and, most importantly, for India and Pakistan to work towards reducing tensions in Kashmir," Trump said in a tweet late on Monday.
"A tough situation, but good conversations!" the US president said.
The White House in a readout of the phone call between Trump and Khan said the President spoke with the Pakistani prime minister to discuss "the need to reduce tensions and moderate rhetoric with India over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir."
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