WASHINGTON – White House reacted to Joe Biden’s comments about Pakistan’snuclear assets as the issue stirred a diplomatic row between Islamabad andWashington amid already frosty ties.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said there was nothing newin Biden’s statement regarding Pakistan’s nuclear assets, clarifying thatthe Democrat leader has made such comments before as well.
She however assured that President Biden supports a ‘strong and prosperousPakistan’ as critical to US interests.
Biden called Pakistan ‘one of the most dangerous nations in the world’,saying because it has ‘nuclear weapons without any cohesion’, and hiscomments sparked a new diplomatic row at a time when the South Asiancountry is already facing a wave of anti-US sentiments.
Islamabad also registered formal protest over remarks by President JoeBiden questioning the safety of its nuclear weapons.
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As White House officials tried to downplay his strange statement, expertssaid such statements will impact bilateral ties and certainly won’t helpimprove perceptions of the west in Pakistan.
Pakistan also summoned the ambassador of the United States to Pakistan, Mr.Donald Blome, to the foreign office of Pakistan for an official demarche,”Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto said.
