Islamabad, Apr.24 (ANI): Reacting strongly to Israel’s remark that Pakistan is one of three countries threatening its existence , the Pakistan Foreign Office has said that the “unwarranted” statements by Tel Aviv were aimed at maligning Islamabad’s image internationally and would never succeed.

“We have taken a strong exception to the remarks which are unwarranted. Any efforts to malign or isolate Pakistan will not succeed, Pakistan is moderate and progressive nation,” The Nation quoted Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit, as saying.

Addressing a regular press briefing, Basit said that Pakistan has full support of the international community, and it would certainly thwart all the challenges it is facing currently.

“The world has full faith in the abilities and strength of Pakistan to sail through the difficult time,” Basit added.

Earlier, Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman had said that Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq were the three countries from which Israel faced an immediate threat.

“Pakistan is nuclear and unstable and Afghanistan is faced with a potential Taliban takeover, and the combination forms a contiguous area of radicalism ruled in the spirit of Osama bin Laden,” Lieberman had said. (ANI)