Holbrooke left for London Wednesday on a trip, which will end with his visit to Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. Before going to South Asia, he will be attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

"These will be for consultative purposes," Clinton told reporters about Holbrooke's trip to South Asia next week.

"He has a very vigorous schedule of meetings and he's attempting to cover as much ground as possible. He's already done an enormous amount of work here in the United States in preparation," the former first lady said on Thursday.

The Secretary of State said, she will wait for a report from Holbrooke, before deciding on the next course of action. "There is an ongoing policy review process that he is co-chairing out of the White House, and we're in the beginning of a very in-depth but expeditious consideration of the way forward," Clinton said.

US has said that Holbrooke does not have Kashmir on the agenda when he comes to India next week during a visit to the region and the focus will be on steps to ease the volatile situation in Afghanistan.

During his London-stopover, Holbrooke met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Foreign Minister David Miliband. Tonight he will have dinner with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Munich.

The exact dates of Holbrook's trip to South Asia have not been officially revealed yet, mainly because of security considerations. Holbrooke was appointed as the Special US Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan soon after Clinton became the Secretary of State.