Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday rejected US President Biden’s remarks on the safety of the country’s nuclear weapons as “factually incorrect and misleading” as Islamabad summoned America’s Ambassador here to lodge an official demarche.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also said that he is “surprised” by the remarks of President Biden on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.
Addressing a Democratic Party congressional campaign committee reception on Thursday in Washington, US President Joe Biden said that Pakistan is “one of the most dangerous nations in the world” as it has “nuclear weapons without cohesion”.
He made the remarks in the context of the changing geopolitical situation globally.
Reacting to President Biden’s remarks, Prime Minister Sharif rejected the statement as “factually incorrect and misleading”.
“Over the past decades, Pakistan has proven to be a most responsible nuclear state, wherein its nuclear programme is managed through a technically sound and foolproof command and control system,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) quoting him as saying.
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