A lot of credit has to go to Trump for Gaza ceasefire plan: Shanmugam

The long-sought deal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release would not have been possible without US president Donald Trump, said Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam on Thursday (Oct 9). Shanmugam was speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting with three Palestinian students who are pursuing tertiary education in universities here under the Palestinian Scholarship Initiative. Shanmugam said that he was first approached for the Government’s support for the ground-up initiative through the co-chair of the scholarship’s assessment committee, former cabinet minister Yaacob Ibrahim and NTU’s Assoc Prof Walid Jumblatt.

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