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Pakistan volition "forever stay grateful" to U.S. President Donald Trump for his "timely" intervention successful helping unafraid a ceasefire with India, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said.
Addressing a reception hosted by the U.S. Embassy successful Islamabad connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) to people the 250th day of American independence, Mr. Sharif described Pakistan-U.S. ties arsenic a "true and peculiar relationship" spanning astir 8 decades.
Referring to the four-day subject struggle betwixt India and Pakistan past year, triggered by the panic onslaught successful Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people, the Prime Minister said Mr. Trump's involution played a cardinal relation successful ending hostilities.
"Last year, pursuing India's unprovoked aggression aft the Pahalgam incident, it was President Trump's timely and astir decisive involution that resulted successful a ceasefire betwixt Pakistan and India connected May 10, past year,” helium claimed.
“We shall everlastingly stay grateful to President Trump for restoring bid successful South Asia and redeeming millions of people. In this context, helium volition ever beryllium remembered arsenic a antheral of peace,” Mr. Sharif said.
Following the Pahalgam attack, India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7 past year, targeting panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
More praise for Trump
Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed that helium helped unafraid bid betwixt India and Pakistan pursuing the subject conflict. India, however, has consistently maintained that the knowing was reached directly betwixt the 2 countries and has rejected claims of third-party mediation.
Mr. Sharif besides lauded Mr. Trump's "unique" enactment style, saying the U.S. president had brought "energy and resolve" to Washington's planetary engagement and pursuit of its interests.
Under his “bold and visionary leadership”, the U.S. "continues to animate assurance and dynamism, portion advancing peace, advancement and prosperity", the premier curate said.
Recalling the past of bilateral ties, Mr. Sharif noted that the U.S. was among the archetypal countries to recognise Pakistan aft its instauration successful 1947, and highlighted practice successful security, trade, investment, agriculture, science, education, wellness and energy.
"Ours is simply a existent and peculiar relationship, spanning implicit astir 8 decades and encompassing practice not lone successful information and counter-terrorism, but arsenic truthful successful trade, investment, agriculture, science, education, health, vigor and people-to-people exchanges," helium said.
Role successful Iran-U.S. talks
On determination diplomacy, Mr. Sharif claimed that Pakistan was playing a relation successful facilitating contacts betwixt the U.S. and Iran and thanked Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for his publication to ongoing bid efforts.
"As I speak, these efforts proceed with the enactment of Iran and the United States, and fto america commune that we execute long-lasting bid arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible," helium said.
In her remarks, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Natalie Baker described Pakistan and the U.S. arsenic "true strategical partners" and said the narration was based connected communal respect, aligned interests and a shared imaginativeness for information and prosperity.
She said Mr. Trump's attack towards Pakistan had been "direct, idiosyncratic and consequential", focused connected delivering results, managing crises and seizing opportunities.
