'Nuclear Weapons Without Cohesion': Biden Calls Pakistan One Of World's Most Dangerous Nations

US President Joe Biden said that he considered Pakistan to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world. His statement comes as the Shehbaz Sharif government attempts to improve ties with the US.

US President Joe Biden | Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

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New Delhi: US President Joe Biden has described Pakistan as "one of the most dangerous nations" in the world as it holds "nuclear weapons without any cohesion."

The US President made these remarks at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Reception in Los Angeles (California) where he targetted both China and Russia.

He spoke about Pakistan while talking about US foreign policy with regard to China and Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Joe Biden concluded his speech by saying that he considered Pakistan to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world. "This is a guy (Xi Jinping) who understands what he wants but has an enormous, enormous array of problems. How do we handle that? How do we handle that relative to what's going on in Russia? And what I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world: Pakistan. Nuclear weapons without any cohesion," said Biden, as quoted in a White House press release of his remarks at the Democratic party event.

His statement comes as the Shehbaz Sharif government attempts to improve ties with the US after former prime minister Imran Khan levelled serious allegations against it at the cusp of his ouster from the premiership.

At the event, Biden also stated that there were enormous opportunities for the US to change the dynamic in the second quarter of the 21st century.

"So, folks, there's a lot going on. A lot going on. But there's also enormous opportunities for the United States to change the dynamic in the second quarter of the 21st century," the US president said.

The address comes two days after the US released the 48-page document on its National Security Strategy which makes no reference to Pakistan.

The Biden administration on Wednesday released the Congress-mandated key policy document, underlining the threat posed to the US by both China and Russia.

The National Security Strategy states that China and Russia who earlier this year announced a "no-limits partnership" are increasingly aligned with each other but the challenges they pose are distinct.

"We will prioritize maintaining an enduring competitive edge over the PRC while constraining a still profoundly dangerous Russia," it adds.

The policy document contends that competition with China is most pronounced in the Indo-Pacific, but it is also increasingly global.

The US Security Strategy highlighted that the next ten years will be a decisive decade of competition with China.

About the Russia-Ukraine war, the US document stated that Moscow's "imperialist foreign policy" culminated "in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in an attempt to topple its government and bring it under Russian control." 

(With Agency Inputs)