Sartaj Aziz
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"Sartaj Aziz"Nishan-e-Pakistan/TPk, is a People of Pakistan/Pakistani economics/economist, bureaucrat/statesman, Nuclear strategy/strategist, and the current National Security Council of Pakistan/National Security Advisor (NSA) as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)/key adviser on the Foreign policy of Pakistan/foreign policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Prime Minister of Pakistan/Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He is a veteran Pakistan Movement :Category:Pakistan Movement activists/activist, and a former professor of macroeconomics at the Beaconhouse National University (BNU). Prior to that, he also served as Finance Minister of Pakistan/Foreign Minister in a previous term of the Sharif government from 1990–1993 and as well as Finance Minister of Pakistan/Finance Minister in 1997 until being reassigned as Finance Minister of Pakistan/Foreign Minister in 1999.

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We have never crossed the Line of Control. It is India that has tried several times to capture our posts.

It is believed, and it is now almost confirmed, that the unarmed plane was shot down by air-to-air missiles.

The chances of escalation are not strong.

The responsibility for this wanton and cowardly act, as well as its consequences, rests squarely with India. Pakistan reserves the right to make an appropriate response in self-defense.

I think they are waiting for the new government. The tempo will build up.

We have never crossed the Line of Control.

If we are forced, we are prepared to defend our position.

These things cannot be sorted out in one meeting.