(VOVworld)—India and Pakistan on Tuesday announced that they had agreed to extend a pact on reducing the risk from accidents related to nuclear weapons for another five years. The two sides agreed to extend the validity of the ’Agreement on Reducing the Risk from Accidents Relating to Nuclear Weapons’ for five years with effect from today/ Wednesday in line with an understanding reached during the sixth round of bilateral expert-level talks on nuclear confidence building measures held in Islamabad last December .The agreement had entered into force in 2007 for an initial duration of five years. During the talks held in December, India and Pakistan decided to move forward on proposals to extend two key agreements related to pre-notification of ballistic missile tests and reducing the risk from accidents related to nuclear weapons. The two sides discussed proposals for additional measures in areas where the two countries could make forward movement.