India, Pakistan trade accusations of nuclear mismanagement |

India and Pakistan have traded accusations over their handling of nuclear weapons and materials. Relations between the neighboring countries remain tense even after they announced a ceasefire last weekend.

Indian defense minister Rajnath Singh gave a speech at a military base in the India-controlled part of the Kashmir region on Thursday.

Singh said he asks the entire world if nuclear weapons are safe in the hands of an “irresponsible and rogue nation.”

He said he believes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should be taken under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry responded in a statement. It said “the IAEA and the international community should be worried about the repeated theft and illicit trafficking incidents involving nuclear and radioactive material in India.”

The two countries exchanged fire after India unleashed missile attacks on Pakistan and the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir on May 7.

India said the strikes were in retaliation for a deadly attack by gunmen in the India-controlled part of Kashmir in April. Pakistan denies India’s claim that it was involved in the assault.

Fears of the conflict spiraling into a nuclear war flared when media outlets reported the Pakistani military said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had called a meeting of the National Command Authority. The body oversees the security of the country’s nuclear arsenal.

But Reuters news agency quoted Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif as saying no such meeting had been scheduled.

India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire on Saturday.