Key Points
- Trump said PM Shehbaz credited him with saving 30 million lives
- He listed the Pakistan-India conflict among eight disputes he said he mediated
- India has consistently shied away from the US president’s account of the ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as a “terrific man” and again credited himself with helping end the 2025 military conflict between Pakistan and India during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
Trump said Shehbaz had told him that the US president was responsible for saving 30 million lives and “probably many more than that”.
Trump included the Pakistan-India conflict among eight wars he said he had helped settle since returning to office.
He said his administration had used diplomatic relationships, trade, tariffs and the threat of tariffs to help resolve conflicts.
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“Since I took office, it has been my great honour to settle eight wars,” Trump told the 81st session of the General Assembly.
He listed conflicts involving Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Pakistan and India, and the war in Gaza.
Shehbaz credits Trump
Trump has repeatedly said he helped broker the ceasefire that halted four days of fighting between Pakistan and India in May 2025. Prime Minister Shehbaz has also publicly credited Trump with helping prevent an escalating conflict.
Trump’s latest remarks came as Shehbaz attended the General Assembly session in New York. The Pakistani prime minister is scheduled to address the 193-member assembly on September 25, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan.
The remarks also underscored the closer engagement between Washington and Islamabad during Trump’s second term, with the two sides maintaining high-level contacts on regional security and diplomacy.
