It seemed that “the office of the National Security Adviser wanted to add another ‘nuclear feather’ to Obama’s cap, following the successful negotiations with Iran,” Aziz speculated to me in a private conversation. Believing that the US State Department was not “kept in the loop,” Aziz requested that, if he could not agree on the statement’s wording with the designated official, he could meet with Secretary of State John Kerry.
从巴基斯坦的角度看，该声明草案似乎代表了白宫的意思。阿齐兹在与我进行私人谈话时推测，貌似“在与伊朗谈判取得成功后，国家安全顾问办公室要在奥巴马的核成就桂冠上再加一根‘核羽毛’装饰。”因为相信美国国务院对此“并不知情”，阿齐兹要求如果不能与指定官员就声明内容达成共识，他要求面见国务卿约翰·克里。