{"id":77828,"date":"2025-06-18T10:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77828"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:49:06","slug":"us-president-trump-to-host-field-marshal-asim-munir-for-lunch-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/us-president-trump-to-host-field-marshal-asim-munir-for-lunch-today\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Trump to host Field Marshal Asim Munir for lunch today"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C: In a landmark and unexpected diplomatic move, United States President Donald Trump will host\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan<\/span>‘<\/span>s Chief of Army Staff<\/a> (COAS)<\/span>\u00a0Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir<\/span> for lunch at the White House today on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the details, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who is currently in the US for his official visit, will have a lunch meeting with US President Trump at 10 pm Pakistan Standard Time (PST) today in the White House<\/a> Cabinet Room, according to the president’s daily public schedule.<\/p>\n

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According to the reports, the meeting will be closed to the press, whereas COAS and President Trump will have one-to-one talks regarding the ongoing situation in the Middle East.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The lunch\u00a0<\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>viewed<\/span> as a\u00a0<\/span>great<\/span>\u00a0diplomatic\u00a0<\/span>victory, <\/span>especially<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>since<\/span> earlier this month,<\/span>\u00a0an Indian delegation\u00a0<\/span>held<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>talks with\u00a0<\/span>US Vice President JD Vance<\/span>, and Indian media\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>framed\u00a0<\/span>it as a diplomatic success, comparing it to the seemingly unsuccessful efforts<\/span>\u00a0of the Pakistani delegation to\u00a0<\/span>achieve<\/span> a similar opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Field Marshal Asim Munir<\/span>‘<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>White House\u00a0<\/span>invite\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>framed<\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Islamabad\u00a0<\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span>now<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as a diplomatic\u00a0<\/span>counter-narrative<\/span>\u00a0to those<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>breakthrough<\/span>\u00a0also\u00a0<\/span>represents<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>big<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>victory<\/span>\u00a0for Pakistan in the\u00a0<\/span>current<\/span>\u00a0diplomatic\u00a0<\/span>battle<\/span>\u00a0that followed last month<\/span>‘<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>aerial<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>clash<\/span> with India. This exchange<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>brought South Asia\u00a0<\/span>perilously<\/span>\u00a0close to nuclear\u00a0<\/span>war<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is important to note here that COAS Asim is currently on an official 5-day visit to the US, where he earlier met the overseas Pakistanis and lauded the Pakistani diaspora for their unwavering support to Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C: In a landmark and unexpected diplomatic move, United States President Donald Trump will host\u00a0Pakistan‘s Chief of Army Staff (COAS)\u00a0Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir for lunch at the White House today on Wednesday. According to the details, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who is currently in the US for his official visit, will have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":77831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[28887,29532,29533],"class_list":["post-77828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-field-marshal-asim-munir","tag-trumps-lunch-with-coas-asim-munir","tag-us-president-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77832,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77828\/revisions\/77832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}