In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail and that it will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard national security
Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir
Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s “stock-in-trade”, New Delhi said on Monday, in a strong response to Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s nuclear threat directed at India from the US soil. India said Munir’s remarks reinforced the well-held doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in Pakistan where the military is “hand-in-glove” with terrorist groups.
In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail and that it will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard national security. It is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country, the MEA said in an apparent message to the US.
Munir repeats old script
Kashmir is the “jugular vein” of Pakistan, Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has said, repeating his anti-India rhetoric. The Pakistani army chief made the comments while addressing the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida. He is currently on a visit to the US. Weeks before the Pahalgam attack, Munir said Pakistan will not forget the issue of Kashmir, asserting, “It was our jugular vein.” His comments were trashed by India.
“How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This is a union territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had said. He also warned that Islamabad would destroy any dam if it cut off water flow to Pakistan. “We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,” he was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.
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