WASHINGTON, D.C. - US President Barack Obama did not offer to nudge India towards negotiations on the Kashmir issue in 2009 in lieu of Pakistan ending support to terror groups like LeT and Taliban, a former White House official has said.
Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani had recently claimed in his book that Obama had secretly offered Pakistan that he would nudge India towards negotiations on Kashmir in exchange for Islamabad ending its support to terrorist groups. “It has been a consistent policy of the Obama Administration to encourage India and Pakistan to resolve all their issues bilaterally,” said former White House official Anish Goel, reacting to Haqqani’s claims, and added that this is the message US has conveyed to both Pakistan and India.
Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani had recently claimed in his book that Obama had secretly offered Pakistan that he would nudge India towards negotiations on Kashmir in exchange for Islamabad ending its support to terrorist groups. “It has been a consistent policy of the Obama Administration to encourage India and Pakistan to resolve all their issues bilaterally,” said former White House official Anish Goel, reacting to Haqqani’s claims, and added that this is the message US has conveyed to both Pakistan and India.