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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party main Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari some praised U.S. President Donald Trump astatine abstracted events connected Wednesday (June 4, 2025) for his relation successful what they described arsenic “de-escalating the tension” during the caller military confrontation with India.
The leaders besides talked astir renewed bilateral ties with the U.S. and urged Washington to facilitate a broad dialogue betwixt the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan.
India has denied that President Trump played immoderate role successful the statement to halt on-ground hostilities aft the subject struggle with Pakistan successful the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack that saw 26 radical dormant and consistently rejects third-party mediation connected bilateral issues.
Prime Minister Sharif was speaking astatine an lawsuit astatine the U.S. Embassy successful Islamabad portion Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) main Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was speaking with U.S.-based Pakistani journalists successful Washington connected Wednesday.
Trump a ‘man of peace’: Sharif
Pakistan paper Dawn reported that PM Shehbaz claimed that the caller four-day struggle had revealed the “Pahalgam incidental was a false-flag operation”, and credited President Trump for playing a decisive relation successful ensuring a ceasefire.
Mr. Sharif said that the U.S. President had shown beyond immoderate uncertainty that “he is simply a antheral for peace… and beneficial concern deals”.
“President Trump is simply a antheral against escalation and a antheral against acold and blistery war,” helium added.
U.S.-Pakistan ties
Offering his greetings connected the independency time day to the US, Sharif said, the bilateral ties betwixt the US and Pakistan are “entering into renewed friendship, and the adjacent contacts are being revived.”
Tensions betwixt India and Pakistan escalated aft the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack, with India carrying retired precision strikes connected panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir connected May 7.
The aggravated on-ground hostilities from some sides for 4 days ended with an knowing of stopping the subject actions pursuing talks betwixt the directors wide of subject operations of some sides connected May 10.
Bilawal praises Trump
Dawn besides reported that the erstwhile overseas curate Mr. Bilawal, who is leading a Pakistani delegation that began a three-day sojourn to Washington connected Wednesday, said President Trump “deserves credit” for helping facilitate the ceasefire betwixt Pakistan and India past month.
“We should besides wage attraction to what the U.S. president is saying. On 10 antithetic occasions, helium has taken recognition for facilitating the ceasefire betwixt India and Pakistan — and rightly so. He deserves that credit, due to the fact that it was his efforts that helped marque the ceasefire possible,” helium said.
“So, if the U.S. is consenting to assistance Pakistan successful maintaining this ceasefire, it is tenable to expect that an American relation successful arranging a broad dialog would besides beryllium beneficial for us,” Mr. Bilawal added.
On Trump’s relation successful South Asia
Speaking astir a larger relation for Mr. Trump successful South Asia, helium acknowledged, “Yes, America has an establishment, a thought pattern. But knowing the crushed realities, we are not delusional.
“We cognize what the realities of this metropolis (Washington) are, what its geopolitics are, but we are present due to the fact that we judge that our connection is the connection of truth. It aligns with planetary laws and applicable U.N. Security Council resolutions,” helium said.
The erstwhile overseas minister's comments besides targeted what helium described arsenic a failed U.S. strategy of gathering up India arsenic a determination information anchor.
He said India has agelong pitched itself arsenic a “net information provider” successful the Indo-Pacific portion — a conception U.S. policymakers person besides endorsed. “The conception of India arsenic a counterweight to China present seems hollow. It’s not adjacent a paperweight anymore. This approach, I believe, indispensable present beryllium re-evaluated,” Mr. Bilawal said.
“What tin truly supply information to this region, and to the remainder of the world, is bid betwixt India and Pakistan.”
Published - June 05, 2025 03:26 p.m. IST
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