advertisement
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday told Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that he’s a “terrific guy” and Pakistan is a “fantastic country, fantastic place of fantastic people”, according to a press release put out by the Pakistani government.
Trump apparently made these remarks as Sharif called him to congratulate on his recent victory.
Trump was quoted as saying in a statement released by Sharif’s office:
Pakistan’s Press Information Department released a ‘readout’ of Sharif’s call to Trump but whether these are Trump’s exact words or it has been paraphrased is not known yet.
These words are a total departure from his previous statements on the country where he called Pakistan “probably the most dangerous” country. Majority of the “fantastic people” of Pakistan are Muslims and Trump during his campaign said he’ll ban Muslims from Unites States.
Sharif invited Trump to visit Pakistan.
In his reply, Trump said he would love to visit the country and meet its people.
Earlier, Trump had said that if elected, he'd like to mediate between India and Pakistan. But like the Obama administration, Trump also said that he would only mediate if both countries asked him to do so.
(At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)