New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi – despite not being able to attend the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh due to prescheduled commitments – was paid warm tributes by co-host US President Donald Trump, much to the discomfort of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The Summit at the resort-town was also co-hosted by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
“India is a great country with a very good friend of mine at the top, and he’s done a fantastic job. I think that Pakistan and India are going to live very nicely together,” said Trump, beaming at the cameras on Monday (October 13). Intermittently turning towards Sharif, who was standing behind the US President during the latter’s concluding address at the Summit, Trump urged India and Pakistan would “live very nicely togethe