India, May 30 -- Crediting Donald Trump for brokering peace between India and Pakistan in May last year, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday that an " unexpected true friendship" is developing with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well as country's army chief field marshal Asim Munir.

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Hegseth referred to the understanding reached between India and Pakistan after their military confrontation last year and praised Trump's role in easing tensions. "You saw that in the ability of the president to come together on brokering a peace between India and Pakistan, two nuclear capable countries," PTI news agency Hegseth quoted as saying.

Hegseth described India as a key partner i...