In New Delhi, Trump repeats offer to mediate on Kashmir.

Islamabad: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his offer to mediate between India and Pakistan to resolve the bilateral tensions, saying that the two countries have been working on Kashmir for a long time.

"There has been difficulty in Pakistan and we're seeing what we can do about it. Anything I can do to mediate, and to help I would. They're working on Kashmir," he told a press conference in New Delhi. "We talked a lot about it at length today (Tuesday). No question it is a problem. They are working on it. I said I will do whatever I can do to help because my relationship with both gentlemen [Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian PM Narendra Modi] is so good. Anything I can do to mediate, I would do," he said. "They [Pakistan] are working on Kashmir. Kashmir has been a thorn in lots of people's sides for a long time. There are two sides to every story. We discussed terrorism at length today (Tuesday)," he added.

However, when pressed further by a reporter about India's past rejection of his offers, Trump said, "I didn't say anything about that [being a mediator]. Kashmir obviously is a big problem between India and Pakistan, they are going to work out their problem. They have been doing it for a long time."

In response to a question, Trump said that he discussed the issue of religious freedom in India, saying that he got a very 'powerful answer' from the Indian prime minister. "We talked about religious liberty for a long time, in front of a lot of people and I had a very, very powerful answer from him [Modi]," he said.

When asked about India's controversial citizenship law, Trump said he did not want to comment on it. "I want to leave that to India and hopefully they will make the right decision for the people," he said. "You have been criticised for your policies against Muslims, so were you in a position to talk about the current Indian polices," asked a reporter. At this, the US president replied, "I won the travel ban, and we use it where we think it is necessary, and not based on a religion. We won it in the Supreme Court and we bar those...