lot of interests i common, typifd by h stayng at the taj mahal, an interest in fighting terroris--ndiaisery involved in afghanistan. though pakistan was not raised, sub rosa, w hope that india and pakistan might star negotiating again over kan mir, although the " word -- over kash miralthough the "k word wn't mentioned,ndia is attacking about a - is talking about a pipelineor gas which doesn't make us vy happy, so lots of issues where if weould build on what was start in the inton and bush admintrations we might develop a partner who could really be of use to us, and simiarly with the smaller southeast asia nations, developing those panerships as well. >> reporter: michae green, do you agree that the focus on the big, thorny issues,hether it's afghanistan, pakistan or nuclear nonproliferaon, usually onhe security couil and theig powers bu these countries the region the es sheisited and the ones at this meeting can lp advance the obama adnistration's enda? >> certainly, idia is mportant, and the transformationf our relatiohip with dia under the bush administration i think s one of the s