Rocca's three-day visit is the first to the Kingdom by a top American official since King Gyanendra's February 1 power grab.
She held preliminary talks with external affairs ministry officials and later met Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.
Rocca begins her engagements with a meeting with Joint Secretary in External Affairs Ministry (in-charge, Pakistan\n\naffairs) Arun Singh which would be followed by interactions with Jayant Prasad (Americas).
She also met American Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell, who was in New Delhi on a stopover to her vacation.
A foreign office spokesman said Pakistan instead wants the US to persuade India to end its 'repression' in Kashmir and 'stop dragging feet' over the resumption of dialogue with Islamabad.
The United States has said that it does not oppose outsourcing of jobs but would like an opening of markets in India to provide more jobs to Americans.
During their visits to Islamabad, they will discuss with officials 'bilateral and regional issues' with particular focus on the Indo-Pak standoff.
The Indo-Pak peace process and deteriorating Pak-Afghan ties following the resurgence of Taliban are expected to figure in the talks.
President George W Bush sent a message to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee extending America's solidarity and support as India remembered its citizens who were killed in the attack on the World Trade Centre buildings.
Christina Rocca discussed various aspects of the NSSP with her Indian interlocutor S Jaishankar, joint secretary in the external\n\naffairs ministry.\n\n
The US "continues to monitor actions taken to curb such extremist groups as Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and others. These groups pose a serious threat to Pakistan, the region and the US."
Observing that India was projected to become the world's third largest economy by 2015, the United States has said it wants New Delhi to be a strong trading and economic partner.
Shutdown looms over the plant as severe gas shortages cripple production; company doesn't have money to pay the monthly debt instalment of Rs 108 crore.
Francesco Molinari was only half joking when he said his stunning British Open victory might make the headlines back home - as long Ferrari had not won the Grand Prix in Hockenheim.
Kasuri said talks have improved the general atmosphere between the two countries.
Bush has said he "intends" to nominate the Career Minister to the post. Boucher's nomination has to be confirmed by the US Senate.
Rocca was in Islamabad with a high-level delegation of US officials to hold talks with President Pervez Musharraf in mobilising more resources for rehabilitation and reconstruction of quake-hit areas in Pakistan.
He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Vajpayee and his deputy Advani later in the day.
They came dressed in their red silhouettes and charmed on the Venice Film Festival red carpet.
Tiger Woods accepted responsibility for the American defeat at the Ryder Cup after slumping to a fourth straight loss at Le Golf National, beaten 2&1 by Jon Rahm in the singles on Sunday.
United States President Barack Obama has nominated Nisha Desai Biswal as the new assistant secretary of state for south and central Asian affairs.
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