Exclusive | Pakistan hosting peace talks because of personal understanding between Trump and military chief
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan is hosting peace talks between the US and Iran because of the strong relationship President Trump struck with the country’s military chief.Pakistani Field Marshall Gen.Asim Munir has been serving as an intermediary between Vice President Vance and Tehran since the Feb.
28 outbreak of the war, Gen.and Amb.
Tariq Rashid Khan told The Post in an exclusive interview Saturday.“We want that this conflict should be resolved.Six weeks have passed and Iran was showing total defiance,” Khan said on the sidelines of the peace talks.
“Trump has said that we are going to have a regime change and we are going to ensure the Straits of Hormuz remain open.”Munir and Trump’s connection was forged last year when Pakistan was in the throes of its own war with India, which ended after just four days thanks to a peace deal that the US helped to broker. The President invited Munir to the White House for talks, where the pair established a “personal understanding,” Khan said.“Trump, from that moment onward, has appreciated him.He’s a great leader.
He is a great fighter, and he is the man with nerves of steel,” explained Khan.“The war broke out between Iran and the United States of America, and right from that time, we were engaging with them.Our Field Marshal was constantly in touch with the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, and also the leadership of Iran.”The Strait of Hormuz is a major flashpoint in the negotiations, especially after Tehran began charging ships this week for the opportunity to pass through the channel.The passage is an international waterway governed by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, meaning Iran is acting illegally by blocking ships and causing global oil disruptions.Khan expressed hope that the talks in Pakistan will be successful, as both US and Iran have come to understand the global effects of the fighting.“After fighting for six long weeks, [they] have realized that they can...