US President Joe Biden calls Pakistan some of the harmful nations

Speaking on the Democratic congressional marketing campaign committee reception in Los Angeles on Friday, USA President Joe Biden tore into Pakistan by calling it some of the harmful nations on the earth. The comment got here merely a month after the USA struck a $450 million defence take care of Pakistan.

Biden mentioned, “What I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world, Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion,” when discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its international penalties, in addition to the US international coverage towards China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

“What I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world, Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion”, mentioned US President Joe Biden at Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Reception pic.twitter.com/cshFV5GVHY

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“Did anybody think we’d be in a situation where China is trying to figure out its role relative to Russia and relative to India and relative to Pakistan?” the US president was quoted within the official transcript of the speech launched by the White House.

“This is a guy (Xi Jinping) who understands what he wants but has an enormous, enormous array of problems. How do we handle that? How do we handle that relative to what’s going on in Russia? And what I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world: Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion,” Biden added.

Talking about Putin, Biden mentioned, “Did any of you ever think you’d have a Russian leader, since the Cuban Missile Crisis, threatening the use of tactical nuclear weapons that would — could only kill three, four thousand people and be limited to make a point?”

“This is a guy who understands what he wants but has an enormous, enormous array of problems. How do we handle that? How do we handle that relative to what’s going on in Russia? And what I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world: Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion,” the US president mentioned.

US sanctions $450 million F-16 fleet sustainment program for Pakistan

It is price noting that Biden’s comment got here roughly three weeks after the US and Pakistan struck a defence deal on the F-16 fleet. On September 8, OpIndia reported how US President Joe Biden accepted $450 million in monetary assist to Pakistan to maintain a fleet of F-16 fighter jets, overriding the choice taken underneath earlier President Donald Trump. This help is being offered to Pakistan to ensure that it to take care of present and future counter-terrorism operations, in keeping with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

The United States acknowledges Pakistan as a counter-terrorism ally

The State Department mentioned in a assertion to the US Congress that it has determined to sanction a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Pakistan for the upkeep of F-16 fighter jets. “The US government has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale to preserve the Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 program,” a State Department spokesperson mentioned. He additional added that Pakistan is a necessary counter-terrorism ally.

India questions deserves of US-Pakistan deal on F-16

After the deal was struck between the USA and Pakistan, Dr S Jaishankar, the Union Minister of External Affairs slammed the Biden administration’s plan to supply 450 million {dollars} in spares and upkeep for Pakistan’s F-16s, asserting that claims that these extremely proficient fighter plane are solely for counter-terrorism operations are nonrational and delusional.

Rajnath Singh, the Indian Defence Minister, had additionally voiced India’s reservations to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Washington’s proposal to supply a upkeep bundle for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet.