FILE PHOTO - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari speaks following his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool
Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday that the US ambassador had been summoned after President Joe Biden said in a speech that Pakistan is “possibly one of the most dangerous nations in the world” because it possesses “nuclear weapons with no cohesion.”
The minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said he was surprised by Biden’s comments and a misunderstanding was created by a lack of engagement.
Bhutto-Zardari said he didn’t think the decision to summon the U.S. Ambassador will negatively affect relations with the United States.
Biden made the remarks at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reception on Thursday.