US President Donald Trump has remained conspicuously silent on the matter two weeks after he offered to mediate between Pakistan and India, even as his administration clarified on Wednesday that New Delhi “did not consult or inform the US Government before moving to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status.” Meanwhile, a United Nations’ human rights spokesman expressed concern about the situation in the state saying the latest restrictions, including blanket telecommunications clampdown, arbitrary detention of political leaders, and curtailing peaceful assembly, will exacerbate matters." “The restrictions will prevent leaders from participating fully in the democratic debate on the future status of Jammu and Kashmir,” a UN Human Rights spokesman said, reopening a chapter that had long been consigned to a status quo.