Arch-rivals exchange nuclear installations list

NEW DELHI (India): Indian foreign office (FO), in a statement, briefed that India and Pakistan (the archrivals) on Monday exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the agreement on the prohibition of attack against nuclear installations between India and Pakistan.

According to detail, the agreement, which was signed on December 31, 1988 and entered into force on January 27, 1991 provides, inter alia, that the two countries inform each other of nuclear installations and facilities to be covered under the agreement on the first of January of every calendar year.

This is the 27th consecutive exchange of such list between the two countries, the first one having taken place on January 1st, 1992, Indian FO statement concluded.