Shashi Tharoor Slams Trump’s Lunch with Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir: “Hope the Food Was Good”

Shashi Tharoor Slams Trump’s Lunch with Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reacted to US President Donald Trump hosting Pakistan Field Marshal and Army chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House on Thursday and said America could not have “forgotten the Osama episode so quickly.”

“I hope the food was good and he gets some food for thought in the process. I hope that in these interactions, the Americans reminded Pakistan of not enabling, guiding, training, arming, financing, equipping, and dispatching terrorists to our country from their soil,” Tharoor was quoted as saying by ANI.

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#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | On US President Donald Trump's lunch meeting with Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, "I hope the food was good and he gets some food for thought in the process. I hope that in these interactions, the Americans… pic.twitter.com/QJn6BHEjoY

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“Some American Senators and Congressmen who met the Pakistani delegation did do this. People in the US could not have forgotten the Osama episode so quickly... Pakistan's culpability in hiding this man until he was finally found in a safe house near an Army camp can not easily be forgotten and forgiven by the Americans,” he added.

As part of a rare public manifestation, US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir at the White House on Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Israel and Iran, and the two leaders met at a closed-door luncheon.

Trump commented he was “honoured” to meet the Pakistan Army chief (four star General Asim Munir) and thanked him for maintaining the peace and not entering a war with India saying both nations were “very smart” to avoid conflict.

“The reason I had him here was I wanted to thank him for not going into the war and ending the war. Prime Minister Modi just left a little while ago, and we are working a trade deal with India,” Trump told reporters.

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“We are working a trade deal with Pakistan…. I am so happy. Two smart people, two very smart people decided not to keep going with the war. Those are two big nuclear powers. I was honoured to meet him today,” he added.

He also confirmed he “did talk” about Iran with Munir during the meeting. “They (Pakistan) know Iran very well, better than most, and they’re not happy about anything,” Trump said. “They see what’s going on. And he agreed with me,” he added, without elaborating.

In his readout of the meeting (Prixton) the Pakistan Army stated that Trump had acknowledged a "keen interest" in developing trade partnership that was mutual and beneficial for both countries based on long-term strategic convergence and shared interest, PTI reported.

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