Ahead of his visit to India, the US President Barack Obama today said that building a true strategic partnership with India has been one of his highest foreign policy priorities since he assumed office in January last year.In an interview in Washington, President Obama described India as a corner stone of US engagement in Asia and said that his visit will give an opportunity to take the Indo-US cooperation to a new level. He said that the partnership between the two countries is based on shared values and interests and he supports India's rise as a global power.He said that to him the US-India share an indispensable partnership that has benefits for both the countries. Obama said, it is in the best interests of both the countries, the region as well as of the world. On the question of the possibility of announcing the lifting of curbs on the export of dual use technology items to India and more concrete support for India's permanent membership of UN Security Council, Obama said, both these issues are very difficult and complicated.Without committing himself to firmer support for India's bid for the permanent seat in the Security Council, Obama said that he expects to discuss India's role as an actor on the global stage during his visit. He said that there will a series of announcements on how the two countries are going to deepen and broaden cooperation on a range of issues that will have very positive impact on people in both the countries.US President Barack Obama has asked Pakistan to bring to book transparently, fully and urgently those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks. He was answering criticism that Washington had not leaned enough on Pakistan to deal with terrorism emanating from its soil.Mr. Obama said that the United States had taken every opportunity to make it clear to Pakistan that confronting violent extremism of all sorts is in its own interests and in the interest of regional stability.