Pakistan strongly raises concerns over supply of conventional and non conventional weapons to India
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GENEVA: Pakistan has voiced its concern over the “generous” supply of conventional and non-conventional weapons to India, noting that it was severely straining South Asia’s strategic stability and threatening national security
The concerns were raised by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar while addressing the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament, a 65-member forum established by the international community to negotiate arm control and disarmament agreements. - Advertisement -
“The largest country in the region continues to be a beneficiary of nuclear exceptionalism, in violation of established non-proliferation norms and principles,” she told a high-level UN panel — without naming India — by video-link from Islamabad.
“This country also remains a net recipient of generous supplies of advanced conventional and non-conventional weapons, technologies and platforms,” the minister added.
The minister said that the favours being done to India were straining the security environment; heightening risks to peace and stability in the region; reinforcing a sense of impunity in the recipient state and freezing pathways to conflict resolution through peaceful means.
“Even as we adhere to and call for restraint and responsibility, we cannot ignore threats to our security,” she told delegates from around the world.
