Taking the US-Pak-Afghan meeting to the highest level, President Barack Obama has invited his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts Asif Ali Zardari and Hamid Karzai respectively to White House in early May to discuss the situation in the region.

As a result the second tri-lateral meeting between the three countries, which was earlier schedule to be held at the level of Foreign Minister, would now be converted into a US-Afghan-Pak summit.