Commenting on Pak-US relations during a question-and-answer session in New Hampshire, which holds its nominating primary on January 10, he said that diplomacy was like dealing with a teenage child and vowed to find ways to influence Pakistan to advance US interests. Explaining his point of view he further said, "I don't want to suggest that a country is like a child, but in the way that when you deal with another person we think of all these dimensions on which we try to influence them, we have to influence Pakistan." He said he would "find how we can get those (Pakistani) institutions that are with us and will work towards modernity and peace and prosperity." Former Massachusetts Governor Romney, who had been asked how he would tackle often strained relations with Pakistan, prefaced his answer by saying "it would be nice if in dealing with another nation it was as simple as turning on and off a faucet - a very simple, rudimentary experience." He further said, "You have to push and pull and find ways of influence and to change behaviour. Each nation will typically act in their best interests." Romney said, "That's not the way they think. And so we have to understand what their concerns are and what their interests are."