Shehbaz Sharif To Meet Trump Next Week, Asim Munir To Tag Along: Report
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, are likely to meet US President Donald Trump next week.
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Islamabad:
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir are scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump on September 25 during the UN General Assembly, according to sources cited by Pakistan's Khyber News.
The high-level meeting is expected to cover various topics including Pakistan's flood crisis, the consequences of Israel's strike on Qatar, and the ongoing diplomatic tensions between Pakistan and India.
While neither the Inter-Services Public Relations nor Pakistan's embassy in Washington has officially confirmed this meeting, the report emerges following Field Marshal Munir's two consecutive visits to Washington in recent months.
US-Pakistan Relations
US-Pakistan diplomatic relations have shown significant improvement recently. In June, President Trump welcomed Army Chief Munir at the White House for discussions on trade, economic development, and cryptocurrency opportunities. This was followed by a trade agreement announced in July, with Washington pledging to assist Islamabad in developing its "substantial oil reserves."
The warming relations coincide with Pakistan attributing credit to Trump for what they described as his peace intervention during military tensions with India in May. Trump has claimed he helped negotiate a truce between the nuclear neighbors using trade and tariff leverage—a claim India strongly refutes.
While Pakistan initially stated that the ceasefire resulted from direct military communication between the two countries' Directors General of Military Operations, they later shifted to crediting Washington for the breakthrough.
Field Marshal Munir returned to Washington in August for the retirement ceremony of Centcom Commander General Michael E Kurilla and Admiral Brad Cooper's change of command ceremony. During this visit, he also met with Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine.
In a recent development, Pakistan has secured a $500 million US investment targeted at the country's critical minerals sector.