Pakistan refutes news of Trump’s visit to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Monday said that United States President Donald Trump was unlikely to pay a visit to Pakistan.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Ayesha Farooqi termed speculations of Trump’s visit to Pakistan as “false”.

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The FO spokesperson welcomed the announcement of the US-Taliban peace deal, and expressed hope that the agreement would bring peace and stability in Afghanistan.

Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in western India to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday as he began his first official visit to the country at a time when relations that have been buffeted by a trade dispute.

Trump landed in the western city of Ahmedabad, the political home of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to a raucous welcome, at the start of a two-day trip that will also take him to the Taj Mahal in Agra and Delhi for official meetings.

US concerns that led last year to the suspension of India’s tariff-free access for some $5.6 billion in exports under the 1970s-era Generalized System of Preferences still remain, U.S. officials say.

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