This was done simultaneously through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad (Representational)
New Delhi:
Continuing a 30-year practice, India and Pakistan exchanged a list of their nuclear facilities on Friday under a bilateral agreement that prohibits the two countries from attacking each other’s atomic facilities.
The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear facilities and facilities covered by the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Facilities and Facilities between India and Pakistan, the Foreign Ministry (MEA) said.
This was done simultaneously through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad.
“India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear facilities and facilities, covered by the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Facilities and Facilities,” the MEA said in a statement.
The exchange of the list came amid cold ties between the two countries on the issue of Kashmir and cross-border terrorism.
The agreement was signed on December 31, 1988 and entered into force on January 27, 1991.
The pact obliges the two countries to inform each other about the nuclear facilities that will be covered by the agreement on January 1 of each calendar year.
This is the 30th consecutive exchange on the list and the first took place on January 1, 1992.
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