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India's concerns over our nuke installations safety 'self-serving': Pak FO |
Terming India's concerns
over the safety of its nuclear establishments as 'self-serving', Pakistan Foreign
Office spokesperson Abdul Basit has urged New Delhi to work with Islamabad to
establish a 'regional strategic restraint regime'. It is pertinent to mention
here that following the terror strike outside Pakistan Air Force base in Kamra,
which reportedly houses some of the country's nuclear assets, Foreign Secretary
Nirupama Rao had raised concerns over the safety of the nuclear installations
in that country. Replying to a question regarding Rao's apprehension, Basit said
instead pointing fingers toward Pakistan , India should work with it to promote
strategic stability in the region "Such remarks are evidently self-serving and
integral to India's efforts to seek unilateral advantage at the cost of regional
strategic stability by its feverish militarization and working on dangerous military
doctrines," The News quoted Basit, as saying during a regular briefing. Earlier,
Rao had said that New Delhi was aware of the attack and hoped the authorities
in Islamabad would ensure the safeguarding of those assets to prevent any untoward
incident in the future. "What I want to say on the issue is that we hope that
the Pakistan Government will continue to take steps to effectively secure their
nuclear assets," Rao said. The bomb attack claimed the lives of eight people.
A Pakistan Air Force official was quick to dispel suggestions on Friday that the
Kamra facility was linked to country's weapons program. The Pakistan Government
has already said that the country's nuclear infrastructure is safe and faced no
threat from the Taliban, which has carried out a series of terror strikes targeting
strategic locations including the Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. |
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