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Hope to see rapid easing of restrictions in Kashmir from India: US

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Hope to see rapid easing of restrictions in Kashmir from India: US She also said that Trump “is willing to mediate if asked by both parties” — although she noted that India has long rejected any outside role Current Affairs  :- The United States needs New Delhi to rapidly ease confinements forced in Kashmir, a senior authority said after President Donald Trump met the pioneers of India and Pakistan. “We would like to see fast activity – the lifting of the confinements and the arrival of the individuals who have been kept,” Alice Wells, the top State Department official for South Asia, told columnists Thursday. She likewise said that Trump “is happy to intervene whenever asked by the two gatherings” – in spite of the fact that she noticed that India has since quite a while ago dismissed any outside job. “The United States is worried by across the board confinements, including those of legislators and business pioneers, and the limitations on the occupants of Jammu ...

UN chief invokes Simla Agreement, calls for ‘maximum restraint’ on Kashmir

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UN chief invokes Simla Agreement, calls for ‘maximum restraint’ on Kashmir The Secretary-General’s remarks came after India on Monday revoked Article 370 to withdraw the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories C urrent Affairs :- UN boss Antonio Guterres on Thursday asked India and Pakistan to work out “most extreme restriction” and abstain from making strides that could influence the status of Jammu and Kashmir, as he featured the Simla Agreement which rejects any outsider intervention on the issue. The Secretary-General’s comments came after India on Monday disavowed Article 370 to pull back the exceptional status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Pakistan named the Indian activity as “one-sided and illicit”, and said it will take the issue to the UN Security Council. “The Secretary-General has been following the circumstance in Jammu and Kashmir wit...