Appointed as National Security Adviser ( NSA ) , Aziz held a meeting with Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid to discuss the situation in LoC . Aziz 's three-day official visit also included meeting with '' Hurriyat Conference '' and Kashmir leaders . In early months of 2014 , the PPP politicians began a protest at the Parliament over the foreign policy shift in regards to civil war in Syria . The protest took place after Saudi Crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz visited Pakistan , and news channels widely broadcast the reports Saudi Arabia was in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to the rebel . Delivering a speech at the National Assembly session , Aziz strongly rejected the speculations surfaced in the news channels regarding change in Pakistan 's policy on Syria and linking it with the visit of Saudi crown prince . Aziz quoted : This impression is baseless and misleading that there has been a policy shift regarding Syria . Pakistan fully honours national and international laws in its agreements and sale of arms . " On nuclear weapons policy , Aziz defended Pakistan 's rationale of nuclear deterrence . Speaking at the general public in the United States Aziz explained Pakistan 's nuclear arsenal policy : our ( atomic ) program is entirely deterrent in nature , in the sense that if India — we have to have enough parity to defend ourselves . And if we had n't any nuclear weapons in 2002 , after the parliament attack , we would have had a major war with India , and several other opportunities , so there 's no question that nuclear capacity has given us some insurance , because our conventional capacity , the gap is increasing
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2001 Indian Parliament attack
Sartaj Aziz