Islamabad, Pakistan, February 20, 2007 -  Pakistan's foreign minister has confirmed that he shall sign the nuclear  deal on nuclear security during a visit to India beginning from Tuesday so as to make the world feel that nothing can deter our advancing steps to achieve peace between both the countries.

Pakistan is hoping for progress in several fields during Khursheed Kasuri's visit, his spokesman Tasnim Aslam said. An agreement on nuclear risk reduction that has been discussed for several months "will hopefully be signed," she said.

"There are a number of agreements that have been in the works for the last five, six months. The texts were finalized. Somehow, the Indians are not able to complete their procedures," she said.

Pakistani and Indian leaders have condemned the bombing of the train, which killed nearly 70 people, as an attempt to derail a three-year-old peace process between the nuclear-armed neighbors. They also have been careful not to apportion blame as per Associated Press.

Aslam said it "doesn't make sense" to suspect Islamic extremist groups fighting Indian forces in divided Kashmir, because most of the people on the train were Pakistani Muslims. She declined to say whether Hindu extremists were a more likely candidate.

"We would wait for the Indians to investigate and share their findings with us," she said.