\Pakistan rejected Wednesday the head of UN's nuclear watchdog's statement that its nuclear arsenal is unsafe.
"Pakistan is a responsible nuclear weapon state. Our nuclear weapons are as secure as that of any other nuclear weapon state," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said at a news briefing.
\"We, therefore, believed statements expressing concern about their safety and security are unwarranted and irresponsible," Sadiq said.
The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, warned on Tuesday that Pakistan's nuclear warheads could get into the hands of extremists.
"I fear that chaos... or an extremist regime could take root in the country which has 30 to 40 warheads. I am worried that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of an extremist group in Pakistan or Afghanistan," ElBaradei told the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat in an interview.
Sadiq said ElBaradei's remarks "ignore the fact that the strategic assets of Pakistan are fully secure and under multilayered safeguards and controls exercised by the National Command Authority".
Source:Xinhua
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