According to senior Pakistani officials – including Sartaj Aziz, a key adviser on foreign affairs and national security – there was no agreement in the works when the stories appeared. Rather, it seemed that the US was using the media to put pressure on Pakistan’s government to respond more readily to America’s pleas to cap production of tactical weapons and the short-range missiles that could deliver them.
但实际情况是上述媒体报道并非协议过程的结束而仅是开始。据包括外交事务和国家安全重要顾问萨尔杰·阿齐兹在内的巴基斯坦高级官员表示——报道发表时根本没有在谈判任何协议。相反，看似是美国利用媒体对巴政府施压答应前者限制生产战术武器及相关短程运载导弹的提议。