A Foreign Office statement in Islamabad said, “Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will be visiting India on the invitation of S.M. Krishna, India’s external affairs minister, for talks between Pakistan and India to be held in New Delhi on July 27. These talks will be preceded by a meeting of the foreign secretaries of the two countries on July 26.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, currently in India, said, “the US was encouraged by ongoing talks between the two nuclear South Asian nations."

The US is eager to see the fragile talks pick up steam, in part to allow Pakistan Army to focus on the chaotic Afghan border.

“We are encouraged by the dialogue between India and Pakistan,” Clinton said, calling talks “the most promising approach” to build more confidence between them.

During the meeting Tuesday, Clinton and Krishna agreed to strengthen their countries’ ties in energy, security, education, the economy, science and promoting stability across the region.

Once frosty, relations between India and the United States have warmed considerably in recent years as Washington has looked to India as a stable ally in the turbulent South Asian region and its growing economy as a valuable market for US goods.