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SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. We are delighted to be here. I'm honored to be hosting
President Karzai and General Kayani, Foreign Secretary Jilani, the members of President
Karzai's - the defense minister, the security advisor, the foreign minister, to have a continuing
trilateral discussion with respect to the security and other issues regarding the relationships
in the region as well as the road forward heading towards 2014, a critical transformational
period. Very, very pleased that the President could travel with General Kayani and Secretary
Jilani to take time to be here. We're very, very hopeful for a productive series of discussions,
and we'll report to you all later. Thank you. Mr. President.
PRESIDENT KARZAI: Well, thank you very much, my good friend, Secretary Kerry, for arranging
this important meeting. And I'm also very grateful that General Kayani and Secretary
Jilani found the time to be with us today. And let's move forward for the best.
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. General, you want to say --
GENERAL KAYANI: Sure, Foreign Secretary.
FOREIGN SECRETARY JILANI: Good morning. Thank you very much. This is a very important meeting
that they're gathered here for. We're extremely grateful to Secretary Kerry and members of
his delegation for hosting this meeting. We are moving forward to a very productive and
forward-looking discussion (inaudible).
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you all. Appreciate it. Thank you, very much. Thank you, Mr. President.