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Trump Hosts Pakistan Army Chief in Rare White House Meeting

It highlighted competing accounts over US mediation in the May ceasefire.

Newly elevated Field Marshal General Asim Munir prays after laying wreath on the Martyrs monument during a special guard of honour ceremony at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan,
Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir holds a microphone during his visit at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) to witness the Exercise Hammer Strike, a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army's Mangla Strike Corps, in Mangla, Pakistan May 1, 2025. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
The White House said President Trump would meet Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir, who called for Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination for “preventing a nuclear war.”
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Overview

  • President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for a closed-door luncheon at the White House on June 18, marking a rare engagement with a foreign military leader.
  • Trump reiterated his claim that he brokered the May 7–10 ceasefire between India and Pakistan, a narrative that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri have publicly rejected.
  • The leaders held discussions on the Iran-Israel conflict, with Munir expressing Pakistan’s “clear and strong” support for Iran while also backing US initiatives to defuse regional tensions.
  • United States Central Command chief Gen. Michael Kurilla praised Pakistan’s deepening counterterrorism cooperation in targeting Islamic State Khorasan affiliates with US intelligence support.
  • Protests by Pakistani diaspora in Washington saw demonstrators heckle Munir outside his hotel, denouncing him as a “mass murderer” and “dictator” while calling for democratic reforms in Pakistan.