NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Monday hit back at Pakistan army chief Asim Munir’s recent anti-India remarks made in the United States, calling Pakistan "an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons" and adding that "nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock in trade."
In an official statement, the MEA said: “Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani chief of army staff while on a visit to the United States. Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock in trade.”
Reiterating India’s stance, the MEA said: "India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail. We will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security."
They added: "It is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country."
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Highlighting Pakistan's terrorism problem, failed democracy, and the military’s control over the Islamabad government, news agency PTI said, quoting sources: "The international community can draw its own conclusions on the irresponsibility inherent in such remarks, which also reinforce the well-held doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is hand-in-glove with terrorist groups."
Speaking at an event in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, Munir had threatened to destroy any Indian infrastructure that could impact water flow to Pakistan. "We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, we will destroy it with ten missiles," he reportedly said, adding, "The Indus river is not the Indians’ family property... We have no shortage of missiles, Alhumdulillah."
He also issued a wider nuclear threat, warning: "We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us."
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In an official statement, the MEA said: “Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani chief of army staff while on a visit to the United States. Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock in trade.”
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Reiterating India’s stance, the MEA said: "India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail. We will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security."
They added: "It is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country."
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Highlighting Pakistan's terrorism problem, failed democracy, and the military’s control over the Islamabad government, news agency PTI said, quoting sources: "The international community can draw its own conclusions on the irresponsibility inherent in such remarks, which also reinforce the well-held doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is hand-in-glove with terrorist groups."
Speaking at an event in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, Munir had threatened to destroy any Indian infrastructure that could impact water flow to Pakistan. "We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, we will destroy it with ten missiles," he reportedly said, adding, "The Indus river is not the Indians’ family property... We have no shortage of missiles, Alhumdulillah."
He also issued a wider nuclear threat, warning: "We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us."
ALSO READ: Pakistan general makes extraordinary nuclear threat from US soil
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