India hits out at Asim Munir's threats in US: 'Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan's stock-in-trade'

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir

The ministry of external affairs on Monday slammed the nuclear threats made by Pakistan army chief Asim Munir during a gathering in United States, saying that India will never give in to nuclear blackmail.

In a statement posted by MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on X, the government called out Pakistan for its "nuclear sabre-rattling", adding that it's the country's "stock-in-trade".

"Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff while on a visit to the United States. Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock-in-trade," it said.

The government said that such statements reinforce doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a country where the army is in cahoots with terror groups.

"The international community can draw its own conclusions on the irresponsibility inherent in such remarks, which also reinforce the well-held doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is hand-in-glove with terrorist groups," it said.

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The ministry also regretted that Munir made these remarks "from the soil of a friendly third country."

"India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail. We will continue to take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security," it said.

The reaction comes a day after Munir resorted to nuclear brinkmanship while addressing a gathering of overseas Pakistanis in Florida.

In his anti-India rhetoric, Munir said that Pakistan is a nuclear nation which will take "half the world down" if faced with an existential threat from New Delhi.

"We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we'll take half the world down with us," media reports quoted him as saying.

Munir is on an official visit to the US and has engaged in high-level interactions with senior political and military leadership, as well as members of the Pakistani diaspora, the Pakistani army had said in a statement. This is the second such visit by the Pakistan army chief to US, coming weeks after he met President Donald Trump for lunch.