India envoy rejects US calls for mediation in Kashmir issue

Students in Lahore, Pakistan, celebrate after schools reopened following a ceasefire between Pakistan and India. - Photo: AFP

SINGAPORE: A top Indian envoy said the dispute over Kashmir is a bilateral issue with Pakistan, rejecting any external mediation on the matter despite the United States saying it wanted to facilitate talks.

“For us, Kashmir is a bilateral issue, not an international issue,” High Commissioner of India to Singapore Shilpak Ambule told Bloomberg TV’s Haslinda Amin on Monday (May 12). “For us, the word mediation does not work with the Kashmir issue.”