US President Donald Trump today called on India Wednesday and Pakistan to stop hostilities, as the crisis between neighboring nuclear forces is evolving into their most dangerous confrontation for two decades.

“I know both sides very well and I want to find them. I want to stop. I hope they will stop now, ” Trump said when asked by reporters about hostilities between the two countries. “If there is something I can do to help, here I am”, He added, declaring willing to mediate the crisis.

At least 43 dead It is a report so far: 31 on the Pakistani side and 12 from the Indian, and there are fears of total war.

The trigger for this new escalation of tension between the two neighboring states was the massacre that caused armed April 22 in a tourist location of Pachalgam, in Indian Kashmir, with 26 dead. There was no responsibility for the long -standing attack. However, the region acts by separatist rebels that require independence or union with Pakistan, which controls a smaller part of Kashmir and, like India, claims sovereignty throughout the region. New Delhi firmly accuses Islamabad of supporting the fighters, something that the Pakistani authorities refuse.

US Secretary of State Marko Rubio contacted Tuesday night with his counterparts in India and Pakistan, appealing for self -restraint and dialogue with the aim of degrading the crisis, the White House said.