US Under Secretary of State William Burns is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday.
Burns comes with a message from the Obama administration that India is a major foreign policy priority for the US. Burns, who is on a four-day visit to prepare for Hillary Clinton's visit to India in July, is carrying a personal letter from Clinton to Manmohan Singh.
The US Under Secretary met Leader of Opposition, L K Advani and National Security Advisor MK Narayanan.
The first high-ranking US official to visit India during the second tenure of Manmohan Singh government will meet External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and hold talks with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon as well.
The two sides are expected to discuss the situation in the region in the context of terrorism besides the proposed bilateral 'End Users Agreement' in the defence sector.
In the backdrop of release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the Indian side is expected to convey its disappointment over Pakistan's inaction against those responsible for the 26/11 attacks.
New Delhi feels Saeed was set free by the Lahore High Court after six-month detention, as the Pakistan government did not file adequate charges against him.
India underlines that the prosecution of Saeed, whose outfit JuD has been banned by the UN Security Council, is part of dismantling the terror infrastructure existing in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has said he has spoken with Burns.
Holbrooke disclosed that Burns is "carrying a presidential letter to the Indian government. He is carrying the messages that I would have carried if I had had time to go to New Delhi."
Holbrooke is just back from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
