The US has always considered a safe and prosperous Pakistan critical in their own interests, the United States said.
Washington:
The United States said on Monday that they confidence in Pakistan ability control your nuclear arsenal after President Joe Biden expressed his dismay, leading Islamabad to summon the US Ambassador.
“The United States is sure of Pakistan’s commitment and ability secure its nuclear assets”, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.
“The United States has always viewed a secure and prosperous Pakistan as critical US interests and more in general, the United States appreciates our long-term cooperation with Pakistan,” he said.
Biden made in off note about cuff on nuclear program Thursday while in private Democratic Party fundraiser in California, where he began to discuss challenges facing Chairman Xi Jinping of China, a close ally of Pakistan.
“And what I think maybe one of most dangerous nations in in world: Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion,” Biden said, according to a White House transcript.
Pakistan — proud to be the only declared nuclear power in Islamic world — summoned US Ambassador Donald Blom to protest.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted that Pakistan was “responsible nuclear state” and what is required safety measures “with ultimate seriousness.”
U.S. officials have long privately expressed dismay over nuclear safety if the political situation changes in Pakistan, whose military and the intelligence apparatus helped the Afghan Taliban.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Biden’s remarks should not harm relations by noting that the president did not speak official function.
But Bhutto Zardari, who recently visited Washington, called for more interaction, with Biden shows little interest in personally involving their Pakistani colleagues.
Patel, however, noted that USAID chief Samantha Power and State Department adviser Derek Chollet visited the country after the devastating floods. hit Pakistan.
“This is the relationship we view how important and that’s what we’re going to continue remain deeply involved in,” he said.
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