indiaUpdated: Aug 01, 2019 21:09 ISTIndia has registered a strong protest over the US approving a proposed military sale worth $125 million for Pakistan’s F-16 combat jet fleet, calling in the American envoy in New Delhi to convey its “grave concern”. We have expressed grave concern over US military assistance to Pakistan,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told a regular news briefing on Thursday. People familiar with developments said the US envoy was called in to the external affairs ministry for lodging a strong protest. In response, Kumar said, the US side had informed India the “proposed sale does not indicate any change in the US policy of maintaining a freeze in military assistance to Pakistan”. It had added that the proposed sale “will not alter the basic military balance in the region”.

Source: Hindustan Times August 01, 2019 15:22 UTC