Blinken defends Pakistan arms sales against Indian criticism

 Antony Blinken aforementioned that the package was for maintenance of Pakistan's existing fleet.

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - America Secretary of State general Blinken on Tues defended military sales to Asian nation once withering criticism from growing America partner Asian nation, that considers itself the target of national capital s F-16 planes.

Blinken met within the America capital with Asian nation s minister each day once separate talks along with his counterpart from Asian nation.

The top America diplomat defended a $450 million F-16 deal for Asian nation approved earlier in Gregorian calendar month, locution the package was for maintenance of Asian nation s existing fleet.

"These don't seem to be new planes, new systems, new weapons. It s sustaining what they need," Blinken told a conference along with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

"Pakistan s program bolsters its capability to take care of terrorist threats emanating from the region. It s in nobody s interests that those threats be able to travel with exemption," Blinken aforementioned.

Jaishankar failed to criticize Blinken publicly. however on Sunday, speaking at a reception for the Indian community within the u.  s., Jaishankar aforementioned of the America position, "You re not light anybody."

"For somebody to mention, I m doing this as a result of it s for counter-terrorism, after you re talking of associate craft just like the capability of the F-16, everyone is aware of wherever they're deployed," he said, touching on the fleet s positioning against Asian nation.