Pakistan, May 16 -- United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that the ceasefire with Iran was made as a "favour" to Pakistan and at the request of other countries.

"We really did the ceasefire at the request of other nations, I would not have been in favour of it. We did it as a favour to Pakistan, they are terrific people, the field marshal, the prime minister," he said while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return trip from a state visit to China.

He also indicated that he could accept a 20-year halt to Iran's nuclear activity while dismissing the latest proposal from Iran as "unacceptable".

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Pakistan's mediation efforts regarding regional tensions had ...