US President Donald Trump held a lunch meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday (local time), where he praised Munir’s role in preventing tension between India and Pakistan.Referring to the tension between two South Asian neighbors during the meeting, Trump said, “I called him here because I wanted to thank him for not going to war and for ending it …”The lunch meeting was the first time an American President hosted the powerful head of the Pakistan Army, which is widely considered to have an impact on the national security policies of the country, without senior Pakistani civilian authorities at the White House.
It also occurred amid growing tension between Israel and Iran, in which Sri Trump is exploring the possibility of a possible participation of Washington. Islamabad is known for his close ties with Tehran.
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The meeting of Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir with Trump took place a few weeks after a four -day military struggle between India and Pakistan. A closed -room meeting took place amid growing tension between Israel and Iran, considering Trump Washington’s possible participation. Islamabad is known for his close ties with Tehran.
According to Geo News report, Munir met President Trump at lunch at the White House. It was not immediately found out what happened in the meeting between Trump and Pakistan’s Field Marshal Munir. Trump, the Israeli-Iran struggle caused his journey to Canada’s Kanainiscis for the G7 Summit in the middle of the tension in West Asia due to the struggle and returned to Washington on Tuesday morning.
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Earlier, an official consultation said that Trump would host the lunch of the Pakistani Army Chief in the cabinet room of the White House at 1 pm. Interestingly, during a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump asked him if he could stay in America while returning from Canada. In this regard, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that the Prime Minister expressed his inability to do so “due to” predetermined busyness “. In a phone conversation, Modi told Trump that India and Pakistan had stopped their military activities last month after direct talks between the two armies without the US’s mediation.
Misri said that Modi strongly stated that India would “never accept mediation” and discussion between Indian and Pakistani forces was launched at the request of Islamabad to stop military action. The Prime Minister’s statement came under the backdrop of this claim made by Trump that he intercepted the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.
This invitation to Munir is considered a rare sign given by the US to a serving Pakistani Army Chief. There are many examples of such invitations to Pakistani army chiefs such as Ayub Khan, Zia ul-Haq and Parvez Musharraf, but they were also the post of President.
India started ‘Operation Sindoor’ late on May 6, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and its illegal occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Thereafter, there were fierce clashes between the two countries for four days, which ended with consent to stop military action on May 10. Nayy Delhi says that on that day, Pakistan had to urge to end hostile due to India’s fierce retaliation. Munir was promoted to the field martial rank by the Government of Pakistan last month and an army officer has been given this status for the first time after Ayub Khan in 1959.
According to the news, Munir urged India to behave “like a civilized nation” with Pakistan instead of “trying to impose regional suzerainty” during his American visit. Addressing members of the Pakistani -origin American community on Monday evening, he dismissed that Pakistan was behind the terrorist attack in Pahalgam.
According to the newspaper, Munir accused India of trying to set up “new standard” by doing “violation of international borders”. Munir addressed the community on a broad regional scenario and announced Pakistan’s “clear and strong” support to Iran in a war with Israel. He also supported America’s efforts to control the situation. Munir said, we want this war to end immediately.
