ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tuesday shared with India a list of its nuclearinstallations and facilities as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement.
The list was handed over in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement onProhibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities betweenPakistan and India, signed on December 31, 1988, the Foreign Office (FO)said in a statement here.
“The list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan wasofficially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission atthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, at 1000 hrs (local time),” it said.
Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi handed over the list of IndianNuclear Installations and Facilities to a representative of the HighCommission of Pakistan at 1030 hrs (local time), the FO said.
The agreement, which was signed on December 31, 1988 and entered into forceon January 27, 1991, provides, inter alia, that the two countries informeach other of nuclear installations and facilities to be covered under theagreement on the first of January of every calendar year.
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“This has been done consecutively since January 1, 1992,” the FO said.
The practice of exchanging lists of nuclear installation has endureddespite many low in bilateral ties.
