Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari will start next week a visit to India during which he will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. This is the first visit of President Zardari to India since he took office in 2008. It is also the first visit by the President of Pakistan to India since 2005. The visit of President Zardari to India comes at a time when bilateral relations between Islamabad and New Delhi, have shown a marked improvement with the continuation of the comprehensive peace talks on all levels between officials of the two countries.