New Delhi: India and Pakistan have exchanged lists of their nuclear
installations and facilities as part of an ongoing agreement.
The Indian External Affairs Ministry said Tuesday that the
lists were exchanged through diplomatic channels simultaneously in New Delhi
and Islamabad under an agreement signed in 1988.
It was the 22nd such exchange under the deal that bans India
and Pakistan from attacking each other's nuclear facilities. The longtime
rivals have been trading lists on the first of the year since 1992.
Both the nation have fought three wars since they gained
independence from Britain in 1947. The neighbors routinely test nuclear-capable
missiles and generally notify each other about test dates.
Neither of the countries have signed the United Nations'
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
India and Pakistan on Tuesday also exchanged lists of
Indians and Pakistanis in each other's prisons as part of an agreement signed
in 2008. The prisoner lists are exchanged twice a year, on January 1 and July
1.