Islamabad, Jan 1, IRNA ,Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations under a special agreement prohibiting them from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities, officials said.
Pakistan and India exchange lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities in accordance with the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India of 31 Dec. 1988, according to officials.
Pakistan handed over its list to a senior Indian diplomat at the Foreign Ministry Islamabad.
The Indian authorities also handed over the list to Pakistani embassy official at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.
Both countries have never made public details of the installations and facilities.
The first such exchange of lists took place on Jan. 1, 1992.
According to the agreement on the exchange, signed on Dec. 31, 1988, and enforced on Jan. 27, 1991, India and Pakistan have to inform each other on Jan. 1 every year of the nuclear installations and facilities to be covered by the agreement.
Even at the height of tension some three years ago, the two countries exchanged information on the nuclear installations and demonstrated their commitment against attacks on each other’s nuclear installations.
The list usually includes civilian nuclear power plants and gives the exact location of each, sources say.
Under an agreement, both countries also inform each other prior to missile tests. However tests of cruise missiles do not come under the agreement.