Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao says, US President's ensuing India visit will help in creating a long-term strategic framework by providing substantive content and shape to the bilateral ties. Addressing a gathering in New Delhi she said besides reflecting an “essential continuity” to the ties, the visit will also provide another opportunity to consolidate all that have been built by two countries in the past decade. Mrs. Rao said recent months has seen an accelerated momentum in the relationship in various areas, including trade and counter-terrorism which was evident from the way India gotaccess to Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley, currently lodged in jail in the US.Echoing same tune, the National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said the access given by the US to the Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley was unprecedented. Speaking at a function in New Delhi Menon said such cooperation may not have been possible five years back. He said the level of engagement between our two countries is unprecedented . Menon said the visit of President Obama has given both the countries an opportunity to actually put into practice and not just to showcase what we actually practice.Asserting that he was very optimistic about the future of Indo-US ties, Menon said the best thing for the countries to do was to be have a pragmatic approach in furthering the relationship. Former US Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott called for widening the bilateral economic partnership by using technological innovations. He urged both the countries to work together to address the pressing issue of climate change.