‘Two major nuclear powers avoid war’: Donald Trump on a meeting with Asim Munir; India says trade talks with Pakistan
“I wanted to thank him for not going to battle and ending it,” US President Donald Trump revealed the reason behind his meeting with General Asim Munir, the chief of Pakistan Army, Asim Munir.Trump told reporters during a address at Washington, DC, “I wanted to thank him for not going to war and ending it.”Trump also highlighted the recent diplomatic busyness with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasizing efforts to secure trade deals with the two countries.He said, “Prime Minister Modi left just a while ago and we are doing a business deal with India and Pakistan … I am very happy. Two very smart people decided not to live with war. They are two big nuclear powers,” he said.Asim Munir was invited to the White House for lunch after Trump’s comment. According to a White House official, after Munir came after lunch, lunch came, called Trump to nominate the Nobel Peace Prize to stop the nuclear war between India and Pakistan.Trump had previously reiterated his stand on the war between India and Pakistan, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s earlier explanation that the ceasefire of May resulted in bilateral military discussion, not American intervention. “Okay, I stopped a war between Pakistan. I love Pakistan. I think Modi is a great man. I talked to him last night. We are going to do a business deal with Modi of India. But I stopped the war between Pakistan and India. This man was stopping both. The nuclear country.
