Pak shares with India list of nuclear installations

Press Trust of India  |  Islamabad 

Tuesday shared with a list of its nuclear installations and facilities as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement.

The list was handed over in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between and India, signed on December 31, 1988, the (FO) said in a statement here.

"The list of nuclear installations and facilities in was officially handed over to a of the at the today, at 1000 hrs (local time)," it said.

handed over the list of Indian Nuclear Installations and Facilities to a of the at 1030 hrs (local time), the FO said.

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 has been done consecutively since January 1, 1992," the FO said.

The practice of exchanging lists of nuclear installation has endured despite many low in bilateral ties.

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First Published: Tue, January 01 2019. 12:30 IST