India Rejects Pakistan’s Nuclear Threats, Vows Not to Yield to ‘Blackmail’
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By Adam Rizvi, The India Observer, TIO: India on Monday dismissed Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s reported nuclear threats, vowing not to yield to “nuclear blackmail.”
Munir, during a visit to the United States, allegedly told members of the Pakistani-American community in Tampa, Florida: “We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us.” According to The Print, he also vowed to defend Pakistan’s water rights “at all costs” if India went ahead with constructing a dam on the Indus River, warning: “We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do, we will destroy it.”
The remarks came in the wake of rising tensions following the April 23 terror attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people. In response to what it described as Islamabad’s support for “sustained cross-border terrorism,” New Delhi suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty the following day.
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Reacting to Munir’s comments, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India would take “all necessary steps to safeguard our national security.” The MEA described Pakistan’s rhetoric as “nuclear sabre-rattling,” calling it “stock-in-trade” for Islamabad and urging the international community to note the “irresponsible nature” of such statements.
“[The remarks] reinforce well-held doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is hand-in-glove with terrorist groups,” the ministry said, adding it was “regrettable” that such comments were made “from the soil of a friendly third country.”
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Munir’s US Visit
The Pakistani Army said Munir’s official trip to the US included high-level meetings with American political and military leaders as well as interactions with the Pakistani diaspora.
He reportedly thanked former US President Donald Trump for what he claimed was Washington’s role in ending the four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May. The clashes began after India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting what it said were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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The strikes were carried out in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack. A ceasefire was announced on May 10 by Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, minutes after Trump claimed on social media that both sides had agreed to stop hostilities. Trump has since repeatedly taken credit for mediating the truce, even claiming he threatened to halt trade with both countries to force a settlement.
India, however, has maintained that the United States was not involved in negotiations to end the fighting.
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