Republican Party’s Pakistani-American Sajid Tarar said on Saturday that he had made possible telephonic contact between US President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Talking to media, Tarar said that after contact with Indian PM Narendra Modi need was felt for a similar conversation with the Pakistani prime minister.
On November 30, Donald Trump called Nawaz Sharif and said he was ready to play any role that Pakistan wanted him, and find solutions to the outstanding problems. He said it will be an honour and he will personally do it.
He said, “Pakistan is an amazing country with tremendous opportunities. Pakistanis are one of the most intelligent people.”
On being invited to visit Pakistan by the prime minister, the US president-elect said he would love to visit the ‘fantastic country of fantastic people’.
Trump’s conversation drew criticism around the world. Questions were raised over his understanding of the region and Nawaz Sharif’s position in Pakistan who is being tried for Panama leaks case in the Supreme Court.
Later, Trump’s team downplayed the conversation.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, they said that the two leaders “had a productive conversation about how the US and Pakistan will have a strong working relationship in the future” and Trump was “looking forward to a lasting and strong personal relationship with Sharif.”
