Guwahati: US President Joe Biden called Pakistan “one of the most dangerous states” in the world with “nuclear weapons without any coherence” in what was arguably his most direct criticism of it.
The US President criticised both China and Russia during these remarks at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Reception in Los Angeles (California).
Biden mentioned Pakistan while discussing US foreign policy against China and Russia under Vladimir Putin. In his final statement, Biden declared Pakistan to be the most dangerous nation on earth.
“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,” said Biden, as quoted in a White House press release of his remarks at the Democratic party event.
The Shehbaz Sharif administration’s efforts to strengthen relations with the US may have suffered as a result of Biden’s comments.
At the occasion, Biden stated that the US has a tremendous opportunity to alter the situation in the second decade of the twenty-first century.
“So, folks, there’s a lot going on. A lot going on. But there’s also enormous opportunities for the United States to change the dynamic in the second quarter of the 21st century,” the US president said.
These remarks were made two days after the US National Security Strategy was made public. The 48-page paper doesn’t mention Pakistan at all.
The Biden administration issued the crucial policy document that Congress had demanded on Wednesday, highlighting the threat that both China and Russia represent to the US.