US President Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold a private Oval Office discussion with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif , the White House schedule shows. The meeting is significant as it comes amid the souring relations between the US and India.

Sharif will arrive in Washington after attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Following the tension with the Modi administration, Trump welcomed Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir earlier this year, the first time a US president hosted the head of Pakistan's army - widely regarded as the most powerful figure in the country - at the White House, unaccompanied by senior Pakistani civilian officials.

Pakistan has backed Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in de-escalating tensions between

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