I meet with the Indians continually, the New Delhi's ambassador in Washington (Meera Shankar) and I have had dinner recently. She and I are in close touch.'

However, he has no plan to visit India on his second trip to the Af-Pak region this month over the weekend. 'I will go to India whenever the schedule permits,' Holbrooke said.

Leaving Saturday, he will visit Pakistan first and then Afghanistan. From there he will fly to Istanbul for a friend of democratic Pakistan meeting, and then return to Afghanistan to be on the scene during elections.