New Delhi, January 02: India and Pakistan yesterday exchanged the lists of their nuclear installations for the 19th consecutive time under an agreement which prohibits any kind of attack on such facilities.
The lists were exchanged through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and Facilities, a statement by the External Affairs Ministry said here.
Under the agreement signed on December 31, 1988, which came into force on January 27, 1991, the two countries share details of theirnuclear installations with each other on the first day of every year.
The pact is one of the best confidence-building measures between the two countries which had continued even when the relations witnessed chill.
Both nations carried out nuclear weapons tests in the summer of 1998. The two sides began talks aimed at resolving Kashmir and other disputes in 2004. India put on hold the peace process soon after terror attacks in Mumbai in November last year, which India blamed on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
–Agencies