Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/regional-security-tops-pakistani-prime-ministers-agenda Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript After a U.S. air strike killed a possible al-Qaida operative in Pakistan's tribal belt Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani discusses the complexities of securing his country's border with Afghanistan. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. MARGARET WARNER: The U.S. has launched a number of unilateral strikes on militants in Pakistan in recent months. Just yesterday, a missile fired by an unmanned drone aircraft at a Pakistani border outpost killed six people. They included a man believed to be a top al-Qaida operative, an Egyptian-born chemical weapons expert.I spoke to Prime Minister Gilani about all this today at a Washington hotel.Welcome. YOUSUF RAZA GILANI: Thank you. MARGARET WARNER: Thanks for being with us. Yesterday, a U.S. missile struck a border outpost in Pakistan and killed six foreign fighters, including one believed to be a top al-Qaida operative. Did your government give permission for that strike? YOUSUF RAZA GILANI: No. MARGARET WARNER: And do you have any understanding with the U.S. government allowing those strikes? YOUSUF RAZA GILANI: No. We believe in sovereignty of the country. And naturally, nobody likes it. MARGARET WARNER: So the U.S. is violating your sovereignty when it launches a strike like that? YOUSUF RAZA GILANI: We have discussed with them — I've given our strategy to them. If there is a credible or actionable information, and you give it to us, we'll perform the duty ourselves. And in future, there would be more cooperation on the intelligence side.