Trump hosts Pakistan army chief for unprecedented lunch, confirms Iran discussed

ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted Pakistan’s army chief for lunch in an unprecedented White House meeting, after which he told reporters he was “honored” to meet Field Marshal General Asim Munir and that the two had discussed the ongoing Iran-Israel crisis. This was the first time in many years that a Pakistani army chief was hosted by a sitting US president at the White House, highlighting Washington’s renewed interest in maintaining influence in South Asia as regional tensions flare.

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