White House clarifies: No invite to Pakistan Army Chief

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Rumours that Field Marshal Asim Munir was invited to Washington DC for the US Army’s anniversary and Donald Trump’s birthday sparked major backlash online and political outrage in India.

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00:00Did the United States invite Field Marshal Asim Munir to Washington to celebrate the US Army's

00:05anniversary and Trump's birthday? Just the idea of something like that happening made a lot of

00:09people in India and abroad very furious. But was it true after all? No, there was no such invitation

00:15extended to Munir as per news agency ANI quoting a White House official. However, the time it took

00:20for them to confirm this was enough to create a mild political storm here in India. Member of

00:25Parliament from Congress, Jairam Ramesh took to X with this piece of news calling Washington's

00:29invite to Munir, a big setback for India from a diplomatic and strategic point of

00:33view. The BJP intern called out Jairam Ramesh for casting aspersions on India's foreign policy

00:38and echoing narratives that serve Pakistan's interests, a comment made by BJP's IT cell

00:43chief Amit Malweer. Reports of Munir's arrival in USA also sparked protests among Pakistani

00:48communities within the USA. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party PTI announced

00:53protests in Washington DC against Munir's visit. Earlier, US CENTCOM chief Michael Kurella

00:58praised Pakistan's role in counter-terrorism, specifically crediting Munir for a top ISIS

01:03Khurasan leader's arrest. Despite this, Kurella also reiterated that USA's relationship

01:08with India is also deeply valued.

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