Pakistan has declined to accept the Indian offer of assistance to deal with the environmental hazard caused by the breaking of a Greek oil tanker carrying over 60,000 tonnes of crude oil, saying it is well equipped to deal with the crisis.
"Pakistan is well equipped to deal with such a crisis and has no plans to seek external help," foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said reacting to the Indian offer of assistance to deal with the massive oil spill off Karachi port.
"We appreciate the offer of assistance made by India, which we have referred to the concerned authorities in Pakistan. Since our authorities are well-equipped to deal with the situation created by the breaking of a Greek oil tanker off the cosst of Karachi, we are not seeking any external assistance at the moment," he said.
India had on Thursday extended technical assistance to deal with the environmental and other hazards created by the oil spill by a Greek registered tanker off the Karachi port.