“We Have Some Reasonably Decent News From India, Pakistan”: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump today said “we have some reasonably decent news from India and Pakistan”, indicating a resolution amid tension between the two countries over the past few days. Donald Trump’s comments at a press conference in Hanoi, on the sidelines of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, offered hope of de-escalation a day after hostilities peaked with aerial combat between Indian and Pakistani warplanes.

“I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India, they have been going at it and we have been involved and have them stop, we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully it’s going to be coming to an end, this has been going on for a long time, decades and decades,” the US President said in response to questions.

Earlier, the US had called on India and Pakistan to cease all Cross border military activity and take immediate steps to deescalate the tension between the  two countries .

“Cross border terrorism is a great threat .Pakistan must deny terrorism access ,”said the statement..

Urging the neighbours to make efforts for a “return to stability”, the US also said Pakistan must abide by its UN security council commitments  to deny terrorists a safe haven and block their access to funds. The statement referred to the killing of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed and said “cross-border terrorism poses a grave threat to the security of the region”.