New Delhi: India and Pakistan will soon sign an agreement on reducing the risk of accidental use of nuclear weapons.
The agreement, called 'Reducing the Risk from Accidents Relating to Nuclear Weapons', will be signed during the visit of Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri for the Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi next month. The dates for Kasuri's visit are still being worked out.
This was announced by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee after the Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took a decision to this effect on Thursday.
Mukherjee said the issue had been under discussion with Pakistan for quite some time and now the two countries were ready to sign it.
The two countries had reached an understanding on signing the agreement in November during the Foreign Secretary-level talks here, but a Cabinet approval was required for it.
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