{"id":49286,"date":"2026-04-26T18:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49286"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:04:28","slug":"great-respect-for-pakistan-trump-again-praises-islamabad-for-peace-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49286","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Great respect for Pakistan&#8217;: Trump again praises Islamabad for peace efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>United States President Donald Trump on Sunday again commended Pakistan\u2019s efforts for peace talks, stating that he has \u201cgreat respect for Pakistan\u201d and that it has been \u201cterrific\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat respect for Pakistan, but I will, because they\u2019ve been terrific. They\u2019ve really tried, and they\u2019ll stay involved,\u201d he said in an interview on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that Iran could reach out to the US if it wanted to negotiate an end to the war between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines, but we&#8217;re not sending people to travel 18 hours to meet,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also referred to nuclear-related issues as part of any potential negotiations, saying, &#8220;But again, they know what has to be in the agreement, very simple. They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise, there&#8217;s no reason to meet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JUST IN: President Trump lays down a hard line on Iran talks, saying future discussions will happen by phone \u2014 not long-distance travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey cannot have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise there\u2019s no reason to meet.\u201d | @JacquiHeinrich @SundayBriefFNC pic.twitter.com\/0ub40kNac8<br \/>\n\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Trump cancelled a trip by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi departed Islamabad after speaking only to Pakistani officials.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Trump has praised Pakistan and its leadership for brokering a ceasefire and supporting peace efforts between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, Trump once again praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, for their efforts to facilitate peace and negotiations with Iran, despite another pause in the diplomatic process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Pakistan is terrific. The field marshal (Asim Munir) is fantastic. I think the prime minister of Pakistan (Shehbaz Sharif) is great, and, you know, they would like to see something happen,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>With additional input from web desk.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States President Donald Trump on Sunday again commended Pakistan\u2019s efforts for peace talks, stating that he has \u201cgreat respect for Pakistan\u201d and that it has been \u201cterrific\u201d. \u201cGreat respect for Pakistan, but I will, because they\u2019ve been terrific. They\u2019ve really tried, and they\u2019ll stay involved,\u201d he said in an interview on Fox News. Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}