Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appears to validate the United States’ claim that it facilitated a ceasefire agreement with India during Operation Sindoor. The Pakistani government’s account of a meeting between Sharif, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, and former U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office suggests this. Sharif’s praise of Trump’s leadership during the meeting implies that the former U.S. President played a significant role in initiating the ceasefire.
Despite Trump’s repeated assertions of brokering peace or a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, New Delhi has consistently denied any external involvement. India has always maintained that the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan following Operation Sindoor, which was in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in April, was achieved without third-party intervention.
During a parliamentary debate on Operation Sindoor, EAM Jaishankar explicitly stated that there were no communications between PM Modi and Trump between April 22 and June 17 (the ceasefire announcement date), confirming the absence of external involvement in the agreement.
The readout of the Sharif-Trump meeting stated: “Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir met with U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the Oval Office today. The Prime Minister lauded President Trump’s “bold, courageous and decisive leadership” for facilitating the Pakistan-India ceasefire and praised his initiative to invite key Muslim world leaders in efforts to bring an immediate end to the conflict in Gaza and restore peace in the Middle East.”
This readout directly reflects Sharif’s acknowledgement of Trump’s leadership and his role in the India-Pakistan ceasefire. “The leaders discussed enhancing the bilateral partnership, with the Prime Minister inviting U.S. investment in Pakistan’s key sectors and stressing the need to further enhance security and intelligence cooperation,” the statement added.
Sharif also invited Trump to visit Pakistan.