India is a great country with good friend of mine at top, says Trump | World News
President Donald Trump speaks during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, as Italy’s Prime Miner Giorgia Meloni and Britain’s Prime Miner Keir Starmer len. (AP Photo)
US President Donald Trump on Monday praised India and Prime Miner Narendra Modi without naming him, saying “India is a great country with a good friend of mine at the top”.
Trump, addressing a summit of world leaders at this Egyptian city after a ceasefire reached in Gaza ending the Israel-Hamas war, said from the podium that he thinks “India and Pakan will live very nicely together”.
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“India is a great country with a very good friend of mine at the top and he’s just done a fantastic job. I think Pakan and India are going to live very nicely together,” Trump said while looking at Pakan Prime Miner Shehbaz Sharif who was standing behind him, as he responded with a chuckle.
Earlier praising Sharif and his “favourite field marshal” Pakan army chief Gen Asim Munir, Trump also invited the Pakan prime miner to address the gathering.
Sharif said peace has been achieved in the Middle East after “untiring and relentless efforts” of President Trump.
“Pakan had nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding (and) extraordinary contributions to first stop the war between India and Pakan and then achieve a ceasefire along with his very wonderful team,” he said.
Sharif said he would like to nominate Trump again for the Nobel Peace Prize for “saving millions of lives not only in South Asia but also in the Middle East”.
After missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump has claimed to have resolved eight wars, including the one between India and Pakan, saying, he did not do this for the Nobel.
Trump has been claiming to resolve seven conflicts till now, including the one between India and Pakan.
However, he has now increased that figure to eight after adding the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated Washington, he has repeated his claim dozens of times that he “helped settle” the conflict between India and Pakan.
India has consently maintained that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakan and Pakan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
India and Pakan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.
