Pakistan, India swap lists of nuclear websites

Pakistani Rangers (wearing black uniforms) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers lower their national flags during parade on the Pakistans 72nd Independence Day, at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border on August 14, 2019. — Reuters
Pakistani Rangers (carrying black uniforms) and Indian Border Safety Power (BSF) officers decrease their nationwide flags throughout parade on the Pakistan’s 72nd Independence Day, on the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border on August 14, 2019. — Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged the lists of their respective nuclear installations and services, the International Workplace mentioned on Wednesday.

This annual alternate was carried out beneath the Settlement on Prohibition of Assaults towards Nuclear Installations and Services between Pakistan and India, the FO assertion added.

The listing of nuclear installations and services in Pakistan was formally handed over to a consultant of the Indian Excessive Fee in Islamabad on the Ministry of International Affairs.

Concurrently, the Indian Ministry of Exterior Affairs handed over the listing of India’s nuclear installations and services to a consultant of the Pakistan Excessive Fee in New Delhi.

“Signed on December31, 1988, the settlement, inter alia, gives that each international locations shall inform one another of their nuclear installations and services, falling inside its definition, on 1st January of every calendar yr,” mentioned FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.

Because the settlement between Pakistan and India entered into drive on January 27, 1991, the 2 international locations have been exchanging the lists since January 1st, 1992, she added.