“And what I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world: Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion,” Biden said, according to a White House transcript. Pakistan – proud to be the only declared nuclear power in the Islamic world – summoned US Ambassador Donald Blome to lodge a protest. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted that Pakistan was a “responsible nuclear state” and that it takes safety measures “with the utmost seriousness.”
US officials have long privately voiced alarm about nuclear safety if the political situation changes in Pakistan, whose military and intelligence apparatus has assisted Afghanistan’s Taliban. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that Biden’s remarks should not hurt relations, noting that the president was not speaking at an official function. But Bhutto-Zardari, who recently visited Washington, called for more interaction, with Biden showing little interest in personally engaging his Pakistani counterparts. Patel noted, however, that USAID chief Samantha Power and State Department Counselor Derek Chollet have both visited since devastating floods hit Pakistan. “This is a relationship we view as important and it’s something that we’re going to continue to remain deeply engaged in,” he said.
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