Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif accompanied by Army Chief meets US President Donald Trump at White House

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 26 (STC): US President Donald Trump met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the Oval Office on Thursday. Pakistan’s Army Chief accompanied Sharif for the meeting, which was also attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, reported cross section of media.
Before the meeting, the US President Donald Trump said, “We have a great leader coming, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the Field Marshal. Field Marshal is a very great guy, and so is the Prime Minister, both, and they’re coming, and they may be in this room right now.”
The meeting followed a trade deal between the US and Pakistan and came shortly after Trump and Sharif very briefly met at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, when the US president held a multilateral meeting with leaders from Arab nations and others, including Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye.
Trump signed several executive orders and was speaking to reporters when Sharif and Munir arrived at the White House.
News agency ANI reported the two Pakistani leaders had to wait for nearly half an hour to meet Trump. The White House press pool pictures also showed Munir and Sharif waiting at the White House as the US President completed his engagements.
(Straight Talk Communications)