I believe the Afghans themselves should decide who their president will be. As far as we are concerned, the bilateral dialogue focuses on our objectives. So it's not a question of who the next Afghan president will be, but rather, we want to provide the Afghans with the necessary support so that they can make progress on each one of our priorities. That's the content of our bilateral dialogue.
On March 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.