Sources say US President Donald Trump is expected to visit Pakistan in September.
Reuters reported that two Pakistani TV news channels quoted people familiar with the matter on Thursday (July 17) as saying that Trump is expected to visit Islamabad in September.
Pakistani media Samaa and Geo News quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Trump is expected to visit Pakistan on September 18 and then go to India.
US President Donald Trump said on July 15 that the trade agreement with Vietnam is close to completion. (Reuters)
Sources indicate that Trump may make a brief stop in Pakistan on his way to India or on his way back from his South Asian trip. However, the two sides have not officially confirmed the visit.
If the news is confirmed, it means that this is the first visit to Pakistan by a US leader since then-US President Bush visited Pakistan in 2006.
Reuters reported that a spokesman for the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that he did not know that Trump would visit Pakistan.
Trump received Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir at the White House in June, which was a rare meeting.
India-Pakistan situation: The picture shows a large number of people waving national flags in celebration in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, after India and Pakistan announced an immediate ceasefire on May 10, 2025. (Reuters)
A major terrorist attack occurred in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region at the end of April, killing 26 people. New Delhi accused Islamabad of being the mastermind behind it, but the latter firmly denied it. The two countries then had a deadly conflict for several days, causing a large number of casualties.
Trump unexpectedly announced on May 10 that India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire, and then repeatedly claimed that he had mediated to facilitate the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan recognizes the diplomatic intervention of the United States, but India insists that the ceasefire decision has nothing to do with the United States. India and Pakistan are resolving the crisis through direct negotiations, and India does not accept mediation.
