'US, Pakistan developing true friendship': Hegseth hails Islamabad's role in US-Iran negotiations - World

Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, stated that a "true friendship" is developing between the United States and Pakistan as they collaborate on US-Iran peace negotiations. He praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for their role in these negotiations, highlighting the importance of this relationship. He acknowledged that both India and Pakistan are nuclear-capable countries and may develop ICBM threats but emphasized that the US is not pointing fingers at either country. The US views Pakistan's collaboration on peace negotiations as beneficial to global stability.