India's foreign minister S Jaishankar meets Pompeo at ASEAN ministerial meet in Bangkok
S Jaishankar and Pompeo
India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) SJaishankarmetUS secretary of stateMikePompeoon the sidelines of 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' meet in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday.
No readouts have been issued by New Delhi and Washington but both sides are expected to havediscussed issues of concerns like trade and convergences like Indo-Pacific.
The meet comes even as US President raked up Kashmir for the second time saying, "It’s really up to Prime Minister Modi (to accept the offer of mediation)."
Trump in response to a question said, "I think they are fantastic people - Khan and Modi - I mean. I would imagine they could get along very well, but if they wanted somebody to intervene, to help them. And I spoke with Pakistan about that and I spoke frankly in India about it."
Adding, "If I can, if they wanted me to, I would certainly intervene."
Ten daysagoUS President Donald Trump, while sitting next to Pakistani PM Imran Khan said PM Modi had called for mediation on Kashmirduring Trump-Modi bilateral on the sidelines of Osaka G20 summit.
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This was dismissed by the Indian side with EAM Jaishankar speaking in the Parliament saying all bilateral issues between India and Pakistan are governed by Shimla and Lahore agreements under which no thirdparty mediation will be allowed.
Jaishankar is in Bangkok for the two-day summit (August 1 and 2) toparticipate in a number of ASEAN plus gatherings. Earlier on Friday, heparticipated atthe9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers'Meeting (EAS FMM) and will later participate at the 26th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).
The external affairs minister on the first day of his visit addressedASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting and10th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Ministerial Meeting and met tenof his counterparts.
These wereThai FM Don Pramudwinai, New Zealand FM Winston Peters,High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Japan FM Taro Kono, Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr, Indonesian FM Retno Marsudi, British FS Dominic Raab,Singapore's FM Vivian Balakrishnan,Foreign Minister of Australia Marise Payne andChinese FM Wang Yi.
Jaishankar will be goingto China later this month for apreparatory visit for the 2nd India-China informal summit that will happen by the end of this year.