The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will meet with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the White House at 4:30 pm on Wednesday at the Oval Office, according to the official calendar of the president’s daily commitments.
The Army Field Chief is expected to also accompany the Prime Minister, while the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will join President Trump.
A Trump administration official also confirmed the meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz and Trump, which occurs weeks after the two countries agreed on a commercial agreement, to Reuters.
According Pakistan radioThe two “discuss matters of mutual interest, as well as in a regional and global situation, are expected to discuss.
Development occurs when the prime minister is currently in New York for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). During his Torbellino tour, Prime Minister Shehbaz has attended Unga Sessions, a key multilateral summit of the Muslim block, as well as secondary meetings with the heads of international financial institutions in New York.
At a media conference in New York, said a senior state department official Sunrise Those ties between Washington and Islamabad were “gradually warming up” in Trump’s second mandate.
For years, the United States had seen India as a counterweight to the growing influence of China in Asia, while Pakistan was seen as a nearby Chinese ally.
Since Trump returned to office in January 2025, relations with the United States with India have been tense for visa obstacles for Indians, steep tariffs imposed by Washington on Indian goods and the repeated statement of the president who personally negotiated a high fire of India-Pakistan in May after cross-border hostilities.
The senior official emphasized that US relations with Pakistan were not linked to their association with India.
“We have an independent relationship with Pakistan,” he said, remembering the recent US investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the Pakistan mineral sector, and observing the continuous interest of the United States in oil exploration.
Answering a question, the official added that Washington was still reviewing the recently concluded defense agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
On July 31, the two countries announced a commercial agreement under which the United States imposed a 19 percent rate on Pakistani goods. Trump has not yet ended a similar agreement with India. Analysts point out that in response to tensions with Washington, New Delhi has begun to recalibrate their ties with China as a hedge.
Earlier this year, Trump welcomed the Munir Marshal to the White House, the first time a president of the United States received the military leader of Pakistan without senior civil officials present. Munir is widely considered the most powerful figure in the country, and its reception in the Oval office stressed the central role of the military in bilateral relations.
“We are working on a series of issues when it comes to counterterrorism, when it comes to economic and commercial ties,” said the senior state department official when asked about Pakistan.
“And thus, the President remains focused on advancing in US interests in the region, which includes interacting with Pakistan and its government leaders.”
In India, the official said Trump believed to be French about frustrations in the relationship, but still considered it strong. Washington, he added, continued to see New Delhi as “a good friend and partner” whose ties with the United States “would define the 21st century.”
Islamabad has publicly supported Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to calm tensions with India, even when he has condemned Israeli bombings in Gaza, Qatar and Iran.
Prime Minister Sharif also joined Trump on Tuesday at a meeting with leaders from several Muslim majority countries, where the president of the United States discussed Israel’s assault on Gaza and shared US peace proposals outside the UN General Assembly.
Additional Reuters
