The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that India has taken note of US President Donald Trump's comments on Pakistan's nuclear testing.
At a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan's history that is centred around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, AQ Khan network, and further proliferation.
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"India has always drawn the attention of the international community to these aspects of Pakistan's record. In this backdrop, we have taken note of President Trump's comment about Pakistan's nuclear testing. Pakistan's secret and illegal nuclear activities are related to its ancient history, which has lasted for decades."
Trump, earlier this week, named Pakistan among the countries which are actively testing nuclear weapons-alongside Russia, China and North Korea-after announcing that he had directed the military to resume nuclear weapons testing "on an equal basis" with rival powers.
"Russia's testing and China's testing, but they don't talk about it. We're an open society. We're different. We talk about it. We have to talk about it because otherwise you people are going to report. They don't have reporters that are going to be writing about it," Trump said in an interview to 60 Minutes on CBS News on Sunday. "We're going to test because they test and others test. And certainly North Korea's been testing. Pakistan's been testing."
At a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan's history that is centred around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, AQ Khan network, and further proliferation.
ALSO READ: Pakistan actively testing nuclear weapons: Trump
"India has always drawn the attention of the international community to these aspects of Pakistan's record. In this backdrop, we have taken note of President Trump's comment about Pakistan's nuclear testing. Pakistan's secret and illegal nuclear activities are related to its ancient history, which has lasted for decades."
Trump, earlier this week, named Pakistan among the countries which are actively testing nuclear weapons-alongside Russia, China and North Korea-after announcing that he had directed the military to resume nuclear weapons testing "on an equal basis" with rival powers.
"Russia's testing and China's testing, but they don't talk about it. We're an open society. We're different. We talk about it. We have to talk about it because otherwise you people are going to report. They don't have reporters that are going to be writing about it," Trump said in an interview to 60 Minutes on CBS News on Sunday. "We're going to test because they test and others test. And certainly North Korea's been testing. Pakistan's been testing."
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