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Addressing a summit of world leaders in the Egyptian city following a ceasefire in Gaza that ended the Israel-Hamas war, Trump told the forum that he thought “India and Pakistan will get along very well”.
“India is a great country and I have a very good friend at the top and he’s done a wonderful job. I think Pakistan and India will get along very well,” Trump said, looking at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif standing behind him.
Earlier, Trump praised Sharif and his “favourite Field Marshal” Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir and invited the Prime Minister of Pakistan to address the gathering.
Sharif said that peace has been achieved in the Middle East after the ‘tireless and sustained efforts’ of President Trump.
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“Pakistan has nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding (and) extraordinary contribution in first preventing the war between India and Pakistan and then achieving the ceasefire with his amazing team,” he said.
Sharif said he would like to re-nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for saving millions of lives not only in South Asia but also in the Middle East.
After missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump claimed to have resolved eight wars, including the one between India and Pakistan, saying he did not do it for the Nobel.
Trump has so far claimed to have resolved seven disputes, including the dispute between India and Pakistan. However, they have now increased that figure to eight after adding the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “complete and immediate” ceasefire after “long night” talks brokered by Washington, he has repeated dozens of times his claim that they “helped resolve” the conflict between India and Pakistan.
India has consistently said that an agreement to end hostilities with Pakistan was reached after direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two armies.
India launched Operation Sindoor on 7 May, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, in retaliation for the 22 April Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 civilians.
India and Pakistan reached an agreement on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile attacks.