Washington DC, May 12 -- Michael Kugelman, US based Foreign Policy author and expert specialising in South Asia, while talking about the India-Pakistan tensions, said that US President Donald Trump's offer to mediate has gone much beyond this time than his previous term.

Kugelman, while speaking to ANI, said that US President Donald Trump appeared to suggest that this is an open-ended offer, that he's ready to talk about this issue.

"Well, it's definitely very significant in that, in my view, it goes further than previous statements that Trump has made about Kashmir when he was president the first time. I believe on two occasions he had indicated that he would be happy to mediate on the Kashmir issue if both sides agreed, but he had tha...