ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today handed a demarche to the US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome following Biden’s misleading remarks over nuclear assets of the country.
The MOFA officials informed the US envoy of Pakistan’s stance and asked Donald Blome to seek an explanation from the US president for his baseless statement.
The US ambassador has also been informed that Pakistan’s atomic assets are safe. The development comes after Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PM Shehbaz Sharif expressed a serious concern against Biden’s controversial remarks.
PM Shehbaz said: “Pakistan rejects the remarks reportedly made by the US President, which are factually incorrect and misleading,”
PM Shehbaz said over the past decades, Pakistan has proven to be the most responsible nuclear state, wherein its nuclear programme is managed through a technically sound and foolproof command and control system.
He added that Pakistan has also consistently demonstrated responsible stewardship of its nuclear-weapons capability, marked by a very strong commitment to global standards, including those of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on non-proliferation, safety, and security.
The prime minister said that the real threat to international peace and security is posed by ultra-nationalism, violation of human rights in regions that are struggling against illegal occupation, violation of global norms by some states, and repeated nuclear security incidents.
Arms race among leading nuclear weapon states and the introduction of new security constructs that disturb the regional balance also pose a threat to peace, he said.
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