Obama's top security adviser arrives today

ISLAMABAD - US President Barack Obamas top security adviser James Jones arrives here today
(Wednesday) on a two-day visit to discuss the Washingtons anti-terrorism strategy with Pakistani leadership
with focus on the ongoing military operations in Swat valley and South Waziristan.
US security advisor will arrive here from Afghanistan where he reached Tuesday on a two-day visit to have talks
on American plan to counter the Taliban and al-Qaeda strategy with President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan
officials.
In Islamabad, the senior American official will call on President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf
Raza Gilani, Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI Chief General Shujaa Pasha.
The US advisor will also leave for New Delhi from Islamabad on a daylong visit to meet the Indian leadership and
discuss with them peace and security situation in South Asia.
Before the commencement of his visit to South Asian region, the US officials said that the American security
official would visit Pakistan and Afghanistan to monitor implementation of the new US war plan.
At the request of the president, national security advisor James Jones is travelling to Afghanistan and Pakistan
to follow-up on the implementation of our new, comprehensive strategy, said National Security Council
spokesman Mike Hammer.
According to a foreign news wire service report, President Obama put Pakistan at the centre of the US fight
against al-Qaeda when he unveiled a new war strategy in March to commit thousands more troops and billions
of dollars to the Afghan war.
An official here said on condition of anonymity that the US official would not only discuss the issues related to
anti-terrorism campaign with Pakistani leaders during his stay in Pakistani capital but also deliberate on various
aspects of Indo-Pak relations.
He said the US security advisor was likely to urge both Pakistani and Indian leaderships to engage in a
meaningful dialogue for the resolution of their bilateral disputes, as it would have a very positive impact on
overall security situation in the region that was confronting the rising al-Qaeda and Taliban militancy.