President Trump to Host Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for High-Level Lunch Meeting
Lunch will be served in the White House Cabinet Room at 1:00 p.m. (local time).
On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump will have Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House.
According to a White House advisory, “The President has lunch with the Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.” The lunch will be held in the White House Cabinet Room at 1 p.m. (local time).
In the midst of rising Middle East tensions due to the most recent Israel-Iran confrontation, Mr. Trump returned to Washington on Tuesday morning, June 17, 2025, after cutting short his vacation to Kananaskis, Canada, for the G7 Leaders’ Summit.
General Syed Asim Munir, the head of Pakistan’s army, is currently on an official visit to Washington and will meet with US President Donald Trump. The encounter was reported a few days after the White House refused to invite Munir to the June 14 commemoration of the US Army’s 250th anniversary.
According to the president’s daily public itinerary, the Pakistani military leader will have lunch with the US leader on Wednesday at 1:00 PM (Washington time) in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Munir is also anticipated to meet with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his visit to the United States.
Why Is Pakistan Necessary for the US?
The meeting’s timing is crucial since it takes place as Israel and Iran’s high-stakes dispute intensifies. Pakistan and Iran have a land border, and the US will strategically benefit from Pakistan’s frontline position in the battle, particularly if Washington chooses to intervene directly.
As Iran’s battle with Tehran intensified, Islamabad, a US ally, shut down its air and land connections with Iran. Hundreds of people will probably become trapped on both sides of the border as a result of the relocation. The Gabd-Rimdan border in the Gwadar region of Balochistan and the Taftan border crossing in the Chaghi area are the two most notable land routes that Pakistan and Iran share.
In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, where vital supplies are frequently smuggled from Iran, the closure, which reportedly occurred on Sunday, is expected to result in food and oil shortages in a number of areas.
The US Visit of Asim Munir
A five-day official visit “primarily bilateral in nature” with the goal of strengthening military and strategic cooperation with the United States, the Pakistan Army Chief landed in Washington on Sunday, according to the report.
Nonetheless, a number of Pakistani citizens and Pakistani Americans took issue with his visit, demonstrating outside his hotel and close to the Pakistani embassy in Washington and demanding the return of what they called “unfettered democracy” in Pakistan. “Asim Munir, you are a coward,” “shame on you, mass murderer,” “shame on you, dictator,” and “Pakistanio Ke Kaatil (Killer of Pakistanies)” were among the chants uttered by supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as they confronted Munir outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington.
Munir is making his first formal trip to the United States since the military confrontation with India that followed the April 22 terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 people. After Islamabad proposed a truce to New Delhi, the fighting ceased. India refuted US President Trump’s assertion that he mediated a truce by using trade as leverage.
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