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Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador over Biden's nuclear remarks

Don Jacobson - 59m ago

Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Pakistan has summoned the United States ambassador in the wake of President Joe Biden's recent remarks about nuclear weapons safety, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Saturday.



Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, pictured Oct. 7 in Berlin, said Islamabad wants to question U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome over remarks this week by U.S. President Joe Biden. File Photo by Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE© Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE

Zardari, speaking to reporters in Karachi, said U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome had been called in for an "official demarche" following Biden's remarks at a Democratic congressional reception Thursday when he said Pakistan may be "one of the most dangerous nations in the world" due its possession of "nuclear weapons without any cohesion."
Zardari disputed that assertion, insisting that Pakistan's nuclear weapons "meet each and every international standard in accordance with the [International Atomic Energy Agency] as far as security and safety is concerned," according to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn.
The foreign minister instead pointed to neighboring India "over questions about nuclear safety," adding that country "very recently accidentally fired a missile into Pakistani territory.
"This is not only irresponsible and unsafe but raises genuine and serious concerns about the safety of nuclear-capable countries," he said.

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