Jun 20, 2025 08:09 PM IST Rajesh Kumar Singh said that Munir’s meeting with Trump in the White House is an indication “where the sort of power relationship lies” in Pakistan. It is an embarrassment for Pakistan that its Army chief General Amir Munir was invited for a meeting with US President Donald Trump and its country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was “nowhere to be seen”, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said. Field Marshal General Asim Munir.(AP) In an interview with news agency ANI, Rajesh Kumar Singh said Munir’s meeting with Trump in the White House is an indication “where the sort of power relationship lies” in Pakistan. “I don’t have any great opinion on this, but it’s surprising. It must be an embarrassment to any country that the military chief gets invited and the prime minister is nowhere to be seen. It’s a very strange thing,” Singh said without taking any names while responding to a question about Asim Munir’s meeting with Trump. Singh also expressed surprise at Asim Munir’s presence in the Special Investment Facilitation Council in Pakistan
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Rajesh Kumar Singh mentioned that Munir’s assembly with Trump within the White House is a sign “where the sort of power relationship lies” in Pakistan.
Field Marshal General Asim Munir.(AP)
In an interview with information company ANI, Rajesh Kumar Singh mentioned Munir’s assembly with Trump within the White House is a sign “where the sort of power relationship lies” in Pakistan.
“I don’t have any great opinion on this, but it’s surprising. It must be an embarrassment to any country that the military chief gets invited and the prime minister is nowhere to be seen. It’s a very strange thing,” Singh mentioned with out taking any names whereas responding to a query about Asim Munir’s assembly with Trump.
Singh additionally expressed shock at Asim Munir’s presence within the Special Investment Facilitation Council in Pakistan, which makes financial choices.
“I all the time discovered it very unusual that this gentleman sits on one thing known as the Investment Facilitation Council in Pakistan, which mainly makes financial choices,” Singh instructed ANI.
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“It’s a weird, structurally sort of imbalanced state where the military essentially has first claim on resources, which is why, with a $370 billion economy, they are able to pre-empt resources from their pressing social and economic needs into this kind of conflict. But be that as it may, they are our neighbour, and we have to handle them in such a way that we establish some level of deterrence,” he added.
Asim Munir’s assembly with Trump
Pakistan military chief Asim Munir met this week with US President Donald Trump within the White House on the latter’s invitation.
After the assembly, Trump mentioned he was “honoured” to satisfy Munir and thanked him for not coming into the warfare with India, calling each nations “very sensible” for avoiding battle.
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He additionally confirmed that he mentioned Iran with Munir through the assembly. “They (Pakistan) know Iran very effectively, higher than most, they usually’re not completely happy about something,” Trump mentioned. “They see what’s happening. And he agreed with me,” he added, with out elaborating.
In a readout of the assembly, the Pakistan Army mentioned Trump has expressed “keen interest” in growing a mutually useful commerce partnership with Pakistan primarily based on long-term strategic convergence and shared pursuits.
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