PNN – Pakistan’s defense minister said in response to Washington’s recent sanctions and positions against Islamabad’s missile programs: Global developments, especially the blind aggression of the Israeli regime in the region, require Pakistan to increase its defense capabilities, and we will never compromise on this will.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, who always blames America’s aggressive policies in the region, unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially Washington’s complicity with the Zionist regime in the genocide of Palestinians, blames the recent positions of the White House against Pakistan’s strategic plans after the new sanctions.
He said: There is no room for reflection in Pakistan’s missile programs and any compromise is an enemy to the country.
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The Minister of Defense of Pakistan emphasized: Global developments, especially the situation in the Middle East caused by Israel’s blind aggression against Iran, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, require Pakistan to update its defense capabilities in accordance with these changes.
He added: Pakistan’s capabilities are only for self-defense and we never think of aggression.
According to this report, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, in response to the recent statements of the Deputy National Security Adviser of the White House against Islamabad’s missile capabilities, described the American concerns as misplaced and misdirected and said: Pakistan’s strategic and defense plans belong to the people of this country, and Islamabad will never back down from its right to maintain minimum deterrence against overt and covert threats.
The new US sanctions against Pakistan’s missile programs have angered government officials and political leaders of this country.
In 1998, Pakistan conducted a nuclear test in response to India’s nuclear attack. Islamabad has dozens of nuclear and ballistic missiles.