With the turn of the year, Pakistan and India have shared the lists of their nuclear installations and strategic facilities as part of an agreement that limits the two adversaries from attacking each other’s atomic facilities during a war.
Earlier today, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the list of the country’s sensitive installations and facilities to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
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At the same time, India’s Ministry of External Affairs handed over a similar list to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi
According to a statement issued by Pakistan’s Foreign Office, Pakistan and India have been exchanging these lists on 1 January of every year since 1992.
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In December 1988, the nuclear neighbors penned “Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India” under which the lists are exchanged annually.
The agreement also prohibits both countries from undertaking, encouraging, or participating in, directly or indirectly, any action aimed at causing the destruction of, or damage to, any nuclear installation or facility in the other country.
