India on Friday said it has “taken note” of US President Donald Trump’s sensational claim that Pakistan has been testing nuclear weapons, asserting that ‘clandestine and illegal nuclear activities’ have long been a hallmark of Islamabad’s record.

“We have taken note of President Trump’s comment about Pakistan’s nuclear testing,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at the weekly media briefing.

He added that clandestine and illegal nuclear activities were in keeping with Pakistan’s history that is centred around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, the AQ Khan network and further proliferation.

Jaiswal underlined that India had consistently drawn the attention of the international community to Pakistan’s dubious nuclear pa

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