WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): US President Donald Trump has agreed to 2-week ceasefire as Pakistan’s efforts succeeded.
“Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE and SAFE OPENING of Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” he said in a social media post on Tuesday.
According to reports, Iran has also accepted the two-week ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the US oil benchmark dipped nearly 7% on Wednesday after President Trump announced the two-week delay of his threatened mass wave of strikes against Iran.
A barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was trading around $105.12 at 2245GMT, just a few minutes after opening lower on hopes of a last-minute US-Iran ceasefire agreement.
“We have already met military objectives,” Trump
“This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing this is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Long term Peace with Iran, and PEACE in Middle East. We received a 10 point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate,” Trump said in social media post.
