‘Hope the food was good’: Shashi Tharoor’s jab on Trump’s lunch with Pakistan’s Munir; and Osama reminder | India News

Shashi Tharoor and Donald Trump (File pictures)

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a swipe at the luncheon between US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir, cautioning Washington about Islamabad’s confirmed duplicity in dealing with terrorism.Munir had bagged a lunch invite at the White House after he beneficial Trump for the Nobel Peace prize.“I hope the food was good and he gets some food for thought in the process,” Tharoor mentioned, quipping at Munir attending Trump’s dinner.The Thiruvananthapuram MP mentioned: “I hope while the General (Munir) was being wined and dined, he got all these messages at the same time because that would also be in America’s interest.”Recalling how America’s most-wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was discovered holed up in a protected home close to a Pakistani Army camp, Tharoor mentioned folks in “the US could not have forgotten the Osama episode so quickly”.“Pakistan‘s culpability in hiding this man until he was finally found in a safe house near an Army camp can not easily be forgotten and forgiven by the Americans,” he added. Throor, who led the Indian delegation to the US to temporary American lawmakers about Operation Sindoor, mentioned: “I hope that in these interactions, the Americans reminded Pakistan of not enabling, guiding, training, arming, financing, equipping, and dispatching terrorists to our country from their soil. Some American Senators and Congressmen who met the Pakistani delegation did do this.”Trump had additionally invited PM Modi to go to the United States after the conclusion of the G7 Summit in Canada’s Calgary, which the PM declined, citing prior commitments.Although Trump left the G7 Summit early, he and PM Modi held a 35-minute cellphone name at Trump’s request, rather than their deliberate in-person assembly on the summit sidelines. During the name, PM Modi invited President Trump to India for the subsequent Quad summit, an invite that Trump accepted. “While accepting the invitation, President Trump said that he is excited to come to India,” Foreign secretary Vikram Misri mentioned. The two leaders additionally mentioned India’s latest counterterrorism actions below Operation Sindoor. Trump expressed sturdy assist for India’s efforts to fight terrorism.