A lunch meeting between Trump and Pakistan’s army chief is scheduled to take place at 10 pm PST on Wednesday
A collage showing Field Marshal Asim Munir (left) and President Donald Trump. — ISPR/Reuters/File
- President Trump to host Asim Munir at lunch.
- Meeting to take place at the White House.
- COAS met overseas Pakistanis in Washington.
Field Marshal Asim Munir will meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday during his visit to the United States, in line with security arrangements.
The lunch assembly between Trump and Pakistan’s Asim Munir is scheduled to take place at 10 pm Pakistan Standard Time (PST) later today within the White House Cabinet Room, in keeping with the president’s everyday public schedule.
The high-level assembly came during the army chief’s US visit in which he met distant places Pakistanis in Washington, DC, a day earlier.
According to the ISPR, the military chief praised the diaspora’s contributions to the U. S financial system and global recognition via remittances, investments, and better achievements in other regions. Field Marshal Munir’s visit holds importance within the context of Trump management’s function in brokering a ceasefire between Islamabad and New Delhi following the closing month’s armed clashes that broke out following the Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Islamabad without providing any proof.
The 87-hour-long struggle between the two nuclear-armed neighbours — which covered cross-border moves via each country — left forty civilians and 113 militia personnel martyred in Pakistan
Pakistan had released Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos after downing six Indian Air Force jets, which included 3 Rafales, in response to Indian aggression.
The war between the two nuclear-armed nations came to an end on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement mediated by way of the US, after days of cross-border moves. Trump has presented to mediate in the long-running Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India, similar to brokering a ceasefire. Since the USA-brokered ceasefire, in which President Trump played a key role, both Islamabad and New Delhi have undertaken a diplomatic outreach initiative globally to present their respective stance on the recent clashes between the arch-rivals.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, a former foreign minister and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is leading a 9-member high-level parliamentary delegation on behalf of Pakistan. The motive of the delegation is to convey New Delhi’s narrative at the global level and gift Pakistan’s role concerning the latest navy battle with India. The visit also took here within the backdrop of heightened tension within the Middle East concerning an ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran triggered by the former’s attack on Tehran and accompanied with the aid of the latter’s retaliation.
Apart from the Kashmir difficulty, terrorism is likewise a key domain of cooperation between Pakistan and the United States.
Pakistan’s hit operations against Daesh-Khorasan and the continuing combat against terrorism have been praised by using Central Command (Centcom) Chief General Michael Kurilla as an “extraordinary partner” in international counterterrorism efforts. General Kurilla’s comments, which got here during a congressional listening to, echoed President Trump’s commendation for Pakistan for apprehending and turning in a Daesh terrorist liable for the deadly Abbey Gate bombing which resulted within the deaths of thirteen American service contributors and around a hundred and seventy Afghans who were desperately seeking to break out Kabul