U.S Secretary Of state Antony Blinken has defended F-16 assistance to Pakistan. Blinken defended the F-16 grant to pak during a joint presser with his Indian counterpart. Blinken told reported that the grant is part of a sustained programme and that the United States has responsibility and obligation to maintain and sustain the military equipment that it provides
Blinken said there are terrorist threat that emanate from Pak .
Antony Blinken U.S Secy of State
On the F-16 to be very important this is a sustainment program for F-16 that Pakistan has long had these are not new planes new system new weapons .
Its sustaining what they have we have responsibility and an obligation to whomever we provide military equipment to make sure that its maintained and sustained that our obligation .
Pakistan program blosters its capability to deal with terrorists threats emanating from Pakistan or from the region its in no one interest that those threats be able to go forward with impunity and so this capability that Pakistan has had can benefit all of us in dealing with terrorism”.
Earlier Jaishanker had rebuked the U.S on Pak F-16 grant saying “No one can be fooled’’ . U.S maintains that the Pak F-16 grant is to boost Islamabad counter-terrorism capabilities .
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