The Pakistani Foreign Office said on that Pakistan was ready to work with India to prevent an arms race in the region, stressing that the two countries needed to devote their resources for their people’s uplift, The Dawn reported.

"Pakistan remains ready to discuss arms control and restraint measures with India. Our proposal for Strategic Restraint Regime (SRR) can provide a basis for mutually agreed restraint measures and avoidance of an unnecessary arms race in the region," Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at the weekly media briefing.

He was responding to a query relating to US President Obama’s comments at the Nuclear Security Summit last week, in which he had asked India and Pakistan to work towards reducing their nuclear arsenal and develop military doctrines so that they do not "continually move in the wrong direction".

Source: MENA