How India threads the diplomatic needle - courting favour with Trump over issues like trade while asserting its own interests in the Kashmir conflict - will depend in large part on domestic politics and could determine the future prospects for conflict in Kashmir.

The president's comments came after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire following weeks of escalating clashes.

On Sunday morning, Trump said that he is looking forward to working with both countries to reach a solution on the Kashmir issue after a ‘thousand years.’