NEW DELHI: The White House on Wednesday announced that US President Donald Trump will host Pakistan’s chief of army staff general Asim Munir following the latter’s support for Trump’s Nobel Peace prize nomination.The brief meeting is set to take place at the White House, though specific details about timing were not provided in the announcement.White House representative Anna Kelly announced that Trump would meet Munir following his recommendation for Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for averting a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.Trump maintained his stance about preventing warfare between India and Pakistan, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s earlier clarification that the May ceasefire resulted from bilateral military discussions, not US intervention.When questioned about his objectives for the luncheon, following his Tuesday evening conversation with PM Modi, Trump stated to reporters at the White House: “Well, I stopped a war … I love Pakistan. I think Modi is a fantastic man. I spoke to him last night. We’re going to make a trade deal with Modi of India.”“But I stopped the war between Pakistan and India. This man was extremely influential in stopping it from the Pakistan side. Modi from the India side and others. They were going at it – and they’re both nuclear countries. I got it stopped,” he said.
