NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Monday accused its neighbour Pakistan of “sabre rattling” and “irresponsibility” after media reports on remarks about nuclear threats in South Asia made by Pakistan’s army chief while on a visit to the U.S.

Indian media reports, citing sources, quoted Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir as saying: “We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we’ll take half the world down with us”.

Pakistan’s military and foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Munir’s comments. An excerpt of his speech shared by Pakistani security officials did not include the “nuclear nation” remarks.

Munir reportedly made the remarks at a black-tie dinner hosted by a Pakistani-origin businessman in Florida on Saturday, where he spoke to a crow

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