KARACHI: Pakistan and India have agreed to extend a pact on reducing risks of nuclear accidents that could be caused by stockpiles of atomic weapons.

Pakistan's Foreign Office on Tuesday said in a statement that the ‘Agreement on Reducing the Risk from Accidents Relating to Nuclear Weapons’ has been extended for the next five years and it would be affective from today (Feb 21).

The two sides had agreed during their two-day talks in Islamabad December last year to recommend to their foreign secretaries to extend the validity of the pact for another five years.