Washington, June 20 -- Two "very smart" leaders of India and Pakistan decided to end last month's conflict that could have turned into a nuclear war, US President Donald Trump said after hosting Pakistan army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for lunch at the White House. Trump's comments on Wednesday crediting the leaders of the two countries in ending the May 7-10 hostilities are a break from his claims over a dozen times in the last few weeks that he brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire deal. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejected claims of US mediation for ending hostilities in a call with Trump. The US president was accompanied at the meeting by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Special Representative for the Middle East Steve Witkoff. Munir was joined in by Pakistan's National Security Advisor Lt Gen Asim Malik, who is also head of the spy agency, ISI. Ahead of his meeting with Trump, Munir reportedly pitched for a Nobel Peace Prize for President Trump for preventing a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. "The reason I had him here was that I want to thank him for not going into the war (with India); ending the war. And I want to thank Prime Minister Modi as well," the president said. "That could have been a nuclear war. Those are two nuclear powers, big ones, big, big nuclear powers, and they decided that (to end the conflict)," he said. Hours before hosting Munir, Trump claimed credit for ending the conflict, but he did not repeat it in his media remarks after the meeting. Asked if Iran was discussed in his meeting with Munir, Trump said: "Well, they know Iran very well, better than most, and they're not happy about anything." "It's not that they're bad with Israel. They know them both, actually, but they probably, maybe they know Iran better, but they see what's going on, and he agreed with me." Pakistan's army said in a statement the discussions encompassed avenues for expanding cooperation in multiple domains including trade, economic development, mines and minerals, artificial intelligence, energy, cryptocurrency, and emerging technologies....