Statement issued after viral clip of Israeli ambassador saying rogue nation already has nuclear weapons
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi speaking at FO’s weekly press briefing on January 1. Photo: X/FO
Pakistan on Thursday rejected comments made by the Israeli ambassador to India circulating on social media about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, calling them “baseless characterization”.
A clip of an interview by Israel’s ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, with Indian news anchor Arnab Goswami, in which he asked him about the mutual defense pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the scenario of the US-Israel war against Iran, has recently been circulating on social media.
In response, the Israeli envoy said: “I have not seen at this moment… the Pakistani army coming to the defense of Saudi Arabia against Iran.”
He added that Pakistan has maintained relations with countries in the Arab world in the past, “including our enemies.” “This is something we’ve been contemplating for a long period of time,” he said.
The Israeli ambassador also stated: “There is a rogue state that already has nuclear weapons. They do not want to have a second, it is very clear,” without clarifying which country he was referring to.
In a statement issued today on what it said was a “video clip circulating on social media of Israel’s ambassador to India”, the Ministry of External Affairs said: “We firmly reject this baseless characterization. The true record of aggression and dishonest conduct is evident in the illegal occupation, the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the indictment of the Israeli leadership in international courts.”
He added that “responsible States defend international law, they do not deviate from it.”
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Spokesperson’s statement on video circulating on social media of Israel’s ambassador to India
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Pakistan and Israel do not have formal diplomatic relations, and Islamabad maintains a long-standing policy of non-recognition tied to its support for the Palestinian state.
