US President Donald Trump met Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Army Chief Asim Munir at the White House on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Ahead of meeting the duo, Trump called the Pakistan PM a “great leader” and Asim Munir a “great guy”.
‘We have a great leader coming’: Trump
“We have a great leader coming, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the field marshal. Pakistan’s field marshal is a very great guy. And so is the Prime Minister, both, and they’re coming, and they may be in this room right now,” he told reporters, before adding, “I don’t know because we’re late, and I said maybe they’d like to join them. They actually may be somewhere in the beautiful Oval Office.”
Trump and Sharif will hold a closed-door meeting in the Oval Office, according to the White House’s public schedule.
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The meeting follows a trade agreement between the United States and Pakistan. It also comes after a brief meeting between the two leaders at the 80th UNGA in New York.
“Informal exchange followed the dialogue between President Trump and leaders of eight Islamic-Arab countries, including Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar joined President Donald Trump in the discussion,” Pakistan Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Trump inclining towards ‘terrorist safe haven’
Trump has recently started inclining towards Pakistan, a country he previously called a “terrorist safe haven” that, in his view, misled Washington. But why? This is because Islamabad credited Trump for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and went as far as nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. However, India has denied any claims of Trump’s intervention in the military conflict after India launched Operation Sindoor against Pakistan in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.
It isn’t the first time in recent months that Trump has been meeting people from the neighbouring country. He has previously met Asim Munir twice, once over lunch at the White House in June. They discussed trade, economic development, and even cryptocurrency. Following this, Trump not only announced a deal with Pakistan but also said that he would help Pakistan tap into its “oil reserves”. When Munir visited the US in June, he secured a $500 million investment for his country.