ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says that it does not need certification from India or for that matter from any other country about the status of its nuclear arsenal. Texas based think-tank Stratfor, in its latest report released on Wednesday, said: “The United States works very closely with India on the issue of Pakistan’s nuclear security. It also maintains that India remains comfortable with Pakistan’s command and control structure.” The Strarfor report adds: “New Delhi is a key source of intelligence on the status of that security, and a good — albeit imperfect — measure of valid concern is the degree to which India is worried about it, since it stands the greatest risk of being targeted by Pakistan-based nukes.” When put to the spokesman at the Foreign Office, he responded, “We certainly do not need any certification from India and for that matter from any other country. We have enough confidence in our own foolproof mechanism of control and command structure, which is second to none.” Stratfor said although India continued to underscore the threat it faced from Pakistan-based militants, it remained comfortable with Islamabad’s nuclear command-and-control infrastructure. “This would explain to a considerable degree the current US comfort level,” it said.
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