Pakistan ? Repeatedly paying homage to his assassinated wife, new President Asif Ali Zardari declared Tuesday that he has a comprehensive plan to fight terrorism and said Pakistan’s people are behind him.

Zardari, pictured above in front of a photo of his late wife, elected by legislators Saturday, was long on platitudes but short on specifics while meeting with media after taking the oath of office in a short ceremony at the presidential palace.

He was chosen to replace Pervez Musharraf, a U.S. ally who resigned under pressure last month.

With President Hamid Karzai of neighboring Afghanistan by his side for a news conference, the widower of former two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said he hoped to turn Pakistan’s negatives into positives.

“As far as America is concerned, the fact that we are on the globe and we are in the eye of the storm, I consider that an opportunity,” Zardari said, noting that most countries welcome foreign investment.