After Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s latest rant against India, New Delhi said Monday it has previously made it plain that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail.

Speaking in the US,

where he is on a visit, Munir said Islamabad will defend its water rights “at any costs” if India advances with dam development on the Indus River. According to Pakistan-based media outlet ARY News, he once again referred to Kashmir as Pakistan’s “jugular vein” and stated that it is an unresolved international issue rather than an internal issue of India.

According to a report published Monday

The Dawn, Munir told members of the Pakistani-American community in Tampa, Florida, “We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do, we will destroy it.”

“Remarks purportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff on a visit to the United States have caught our attention. Pakistan’s specialty is nuclear sabre-rattling. “The irresponsibility implicit in such utterances, which also support the well-held questions about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military is hand in glove with terrorist groups, can be left up to the international community to decide for itself,” Jaiswal said.

The fact that these comments ought to have been made from the territory of a friendly third nation is equally regrettable. India has previously stated unequivocally that nuclear blackmail will not be tolerated. We will keep doing everything we can to protect our national security,” he continued.

“Such words signal the prospect of more terrorist strikes, with Pakistan’s missile and nuclear capabilities utilized as political cover,” according to earlier reports from sources in Delhi.

Sources in Delhi responded to these remarks by claiming?

Pakistan has been using the nuclear bogey for decades and that this is its nuclear blackmail. Due to the non-trivial possibility of nuclear materials or expertise reaching non-state actors, it is generally seen as an irresponsible nuclear-armed state. An organization like the Pakistani military, which has no accountability to anyone, is not trusted by the world community to handle nuclear weapons, the insider stated.

The sources referred to it as “nuclear sabre-rattling” and stated that Islamabad has a history of assuming the mantle of a “responsible” nuclear actor while engaging in rhetorical nuclear brinkmanship. According to the sources, a military apparatus that essentially “holds the nuclear button” is the main cause of nuclear instability in South Asia. They also described it as a source of regional instability.

A few weeks prior to the Pahalgam incident, Munir declared that “it was our jugular vein” and that Pakistan will never forget the Kashmir dispute. India denounced his remarks.

The Pakistani army?

Said in a statement that Munir, who is in the United States on an official visit, has met with high-level members of the Pakistani diaspora and top military and political figures.

• Highlights of Munir’s address to the Pakistani community indicate that he claimed that Kashmir is “an incomplete worldwide agenda rather than a domestic concern of India.” Kashmir is Pakistan’s “jugular vein,” as the Quaid-e-Azam once stated.

Munir claimed that the US-Pakistan

Relationship has taken on a new dimension with his second trip to the US after a one-and-a-half-month hiatus. He went on to say that the goal of these visits is to steer the relationships in a constructive, long-lasting, and good direction. Munir said that Pakistan is incredibly appreciative to US President Donald Trump, whose strategic leadership has saved numerous wars worldwide, including the conflict between India and Pakistan.

On a rare five-day trip to the US in June, Munir attended a private luncheon with Trump, an uncommon occurrence usually reserved for visiting leaders of state or government. Trump announced increased US-Pakistan cooperation in a number of areas, including an energy contract, at the end of that meeting.

Munir attended the retirement ceremony of General Michael E. Kurilla, the departing Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), and the Change of Command Ceremony in Tampa, where Admiral Brad Cooper took over as commander, according to a release from the Pakistani army.