India Pakistan Sign Pact to Reduce Accidental Nuclear Risks
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Feb 21, 2007
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Train Blasts could not derail Peace Process India and Pakistan has signed an agreement to reduce the risk of nuclear accidents in the region.
Train Blasts could not derail Peace Process, India and Pakistan has signed an agreement to reduce the risk of nuclear accidents in the region. The deal was signed during Pakistan's foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri's talks with his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, in Delhi. India has also said it will share with Pakistan details of the investigation into Sunday's blasts on the cross-border train. The blasts two days ago killed 68 people, most of them Pakistanis. Details of the deal limiting the risk of an inadvertent nuclear conflict were not made available immediately. The two sides condemned the blasts on the Samjhauta Express (Friendship Express) and vowed to continue with the peace process. "Whatever information is available regarding the blasts, will be shared with Pakistan," Mr Mukherjee told reporters. The two countries established a joint panel to share intelligence to help fight terrorism. "The investigation of the blasts will be carried out by India. The objective of the joint mechanism is to share information and act on that," Mr Mukherjee said. Mr Kasuri said the two countries will take up the issue of the blasts at the panel's meeting in Islamabad in March. The two sides also discussed issues like co-operation in education, information technology, science and environment. Observers say while the attack casts a cloud over the talks between the two foreign ministers, it could inject urgency into the long-running process.
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