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		</div><p>Opposition leaders in India have demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi clarify his position in parliament about Donald Trump’s claim he was asked about mediating on India’s long-running dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.</p>
<p>External affairs minister S Jaishankar said in parliament on Tuesday that Mr Modi made no such request to Mr Trump as the US president had claimed.</p>
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<p>It has been India’s consistent position that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally, Mr Jaishankar said.</p>
<p>“Any engagement with Pakistan would require an end to cross-border terrorism,” he said.</p>
<figure id="attachment_136844" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-136844" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-136844" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/77EB0815-E422-455C-9D47-9333D9C2CA68.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-136844" class="wp-caption-text">Donald Trump with Narendra Modi during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan in June</figcaption></figure>
<p>Members in both houses of parliament demanded that Mr Modi make a statement on the issue.</p>
<p>Opposition leaders Anand Sharma and D Raja said it was a serious matter.</p>
<p>Mr Trump said Mr Modi recently asked him whether he would like to be a mediator or arbitrator on Kashmir.</p>
<p>The US president spoke to reporters in Washington before Monday’s meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.</p>
<p>India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir, the Himalayan territory they both claim that is divided between them.</p>
<p>India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents who have been fighting since 1989 for Kashmir’s independence from India or its merger with Pakistan.</p>
<p>Islamabad denies the charge.</p>
<p>India snapped official dialogue with Pakistan on outstanding issues after Mr Modi’s government came to power in 2014, demanding that Pakistan first end cross-border terrorism.</p>
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