Krishna said that he was looking forward to meet her in New Delhi soon.
The 34 year old Khar was sworn in as foreign minister of Pakistan on Tuesday. She is expected to come to India on July 26 of for foreign ministerial-level talks with India..
She is Pakistan’s first foreign minister and had been working as acting foreign minister after then Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was not given the portfolio in the cabinet reshuffle in February.
Khar has the distinction of being the youngest and first woman Foreign Minister of Pakistan.
Khar remained Pakistan’s State Minister for Economic Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the government of former President Pervez Musharraf. Khar is also the first woman to present the budget speech in the national assembly on June 13, 2009.