Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, in a response to India’s supersonic interceptor missile test, said on Monday that Pakistan would address the development at an international level, according to reports.
Expressing concern over India’s missile test, Aziz said it will disrupt the balance of regional power, and added that Pakistan will continue to upgrade its defensive capabilities by acquiring advanced technology.
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United States’ cooperation is benefitting India, as Washington thinks a strong India is vital to contain China, he said. The adviser said Pakistan would raise its voice at the international level against these developments.
Sartaj Aziz’s statement comes just a day after India successfully test-fired indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile, from a test range off Odisha coast.
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