Pakistan’s nukes should be taken under IAEA watch – India
Islamabad has said the IAEA should be more concerned about theft and illicit trafficking of nuclear materials in India Read Full Article at RT.com
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has questioned whether nuclear weapons are safe in Pakistani hands.
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal should be “brought under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)” to ensure monitoring and security, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday.
Singh cited the nuclear watchdog – that oversees the safe, secure, and peaceful use of nuclear technologies – during an address to troops in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 people were killed in a terror attack in April.
“The world has seen how irresponsibly Pakistan has made nuclear threats to India many times,” Singh said. “Today, from the land of Srinagar, I want to raise the question before the whole world: Are nuclear weapons safe in the hands of such an irresponsible and rogue nation?”
Islamabad was quick to condemn Singh’s remarks as “irresponsible” and claimed they revealed Singh’s “profound insecurity and frustration” over Pakistan’s conventional deterrence against India.
“The comments of India’s Defense Minister also show his sheer ignorance of the mandate and responsibilities of a specialised agency of the United Nations like the IAEA,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “If anything, the IAEA and international community should be worried about the repeated theft and illicit trafficking incidents involving nuclear and radioactive material in India.”
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