India will release 39 Pakistani prisoners currently in jails around the country as a goodwill gesture to Islamabad, The Times of India reported on Tuesday. The prisoners who will be released include 21 who have served out their sentences and 18 fishermen, according to the report.

Pakistan had asked India to release the prisoners after it released an Indian solider, Chandu Babulal Chavan, who had inadvertently crossed the border between the two countries. “We have identified these prisoners and with Pakistan confirming their nationality, they will be released on March 1,” an official speaking to the Times said.

On January 6, Pakistan had released 217 Indian fishermen as a gesture of goodwill, taking the total number such prisoners freed by Islamabad to 447. Many of the fishermen had been in jail for over a year. Around 100 more are still in prison, waiting for the Indian High Commission to confirm their nationality.

On December 22, 2016, an NGO had said that another 219 fishermen would be released on January 5. The move comes amid souring relations between India and Pakistan since a militant attack on an Indian Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri district and the surgical strikes the Indian Army conducted along the LoC following the attack.