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New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney credited US President Donald Trump for "brokering peace" between India and Pakistan following the May military conflict between the two countries. Carney also praised the US President for "influencing global affairs and economic stability".
Speaking during bilateral talks at the White House, the Canadian PM called Trump a "transformative President". "You (Donald Trump) hosted me and some of my colleagues a few months ago, and I said at the time, you are a transformative President," Carney said in the Oval Office.
"And since then, the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of NATO partners to defend spending, peace from India-Pakistan, through to Azerbaijan-Armenia, disabling Iran as a force of terror, these were important," he added.
Trump has on several occasions made claims of helping India and Pakistan end their four-day military confrontation in May. New Delhi has, however, repeatedly ruled out role of any foreign country or leader in the ceasefire.
During the talks, Trump also praised Carney as a "world-class leader", adding that the former central banker was a "nice man" who can also be "very nasty". He also jokingly said that Canada could become America's “51st state”.
The cordial exchange between the two leaders signalled a significant shift in Ottawa's position after months of diplomatic tension over Trump's tariff threat. US President's previous controversial remarks that Canada should be "annexed" into the United States also did not sit well with Canada.
