Trump HOSTS Asim Munir for Lunch, Praises Pak General for "Ending War" with India #shorts

"Reason I had him here was I wanted to thank him for not going into the war and ending it." US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for his role in preventing an escalation of the conflict between India and Pakistan, as he hosted the latter for a lunch meeting at the White House. The lunch meeting was the first time a US president had hosted Munir, widely regarded as having sway over the Pakistan's national security policies, at the White House unaccompanied by senior Pakistani civilian officials. The US President told reporters he thanked Munir for ending the war with India last month, for which he also praised Indian PM Narendra Modi. This comes after Modi held a 35-minute telephonic conversation with Trump on Wednesday, mainly on Operation Sindoor, which was launched by India last month in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in April. According to India's Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, Modi had made it clear to Trump that the US played no role, either via trade or via mediation, in bringing about the ceasefire between India and Pakistan on 10 May. Modi further informed the US President that military activity was halted only when the Pakistani military officials initiated discussions on the same by contacting their Indian counterparts. Earlier on Wednesday, the White House said Trump was meeting the Pakistani army general because the latter called for a Nobel Prize to be given to the US President for averting a "nuclear war between India and Pakistan" last month. "President Trump will host Field Marshal Munir after he called for the President to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for preventing a nuclear war between India and Pakistan," White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said. #Modi #Trump #Munir #OperationSindoor #Trade #India #US #Pakistan #Ceasefire #Kashmir #Pahalgam #AsimMunir #NobelPrize #Geopolitics #Diplomacy