US EditionPhotos, please? Trump meets Pak's Sharif — but White House feed says nothing
The White House meeting focused on trade, security cooperation, and regional stability amid a new 19% tariff deal and $500 million US aid to Pakistan's minerals sector.
- On Thursday, US President Donald Trump met Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir in the White House Oval Office, joined by Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- The meeting followed Memorandums of Understanding signed on September 8, including one with a U.S. company committing $500 million and a 19% tariff on Pakistani imports.
- Despite usual publicity, Washington published no photos or video of the Oval Office session, which was closed to the press and delayed by about an hour.
- Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, said the talks covered regional security and counterterrorism while inviting American investors in agriculture, IT, mining and energy and praising President Donald Trump’s ceasefire role.
- Despite Donald Trump's past `terrorist safe haven` label, ties with Pakistan have warmed, raising strategic anxieties in New Delhi over South Asia strategic balance.
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