Pakistan says it has handed a list of its nuclear installations and facilities to the Indian mission in Islamabad under a decades-old agreement between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
In a statement on Sunday, Pakistan’s foreign office said that India had simultaneously given a list to the Pakistani mission in New Delhi.
It stated that lists are exchanged on January 1 each year. Since 1992, the practice has been in place.
In recent years, the neighbors have engaged in a number of military skirmishes and have been involved in three wars. An Indian missile accidentally landed in Pakistan last year, causing worldwide concern.
According to a statement issued by Pakistan’s foreign office, “The list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan was officially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today [Sunday].”
The yearly trades that come at once between the two are close to nonexistent.
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A request for comment from Reuters was not immediately received by the Indian foreign ministry.
India and Pakistan have developed significant stockpiles of nuclear-capable missiles since their first officially tested nuclear weapons in 1998.
Pakistan has recently increased its use of nuclear energy to meet the rising demand for electricity with the assistance of China.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a separate statement that the two countries had also exchanged a list of prisoners.
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The rundown included 705 Indian detainees detained in Pakistan, including 51 regular people and 654 anglers, the assertion said.
It added that the Indian government also shared a list of 434 Pakistani prisoners in India, including 339 civilians and 95 fishermen, with the Pakistani mission in New Delhi.
Pakistan has mentioned the early delivery and bringing home of 51 regular citizen detainees and 94 anglers have finished their sentences. Additionally, a request has been made for special consular access to 56 civil prisoners.
When fishermen from either nation enter the waters of the other, they are frequently detained.
SOURCE: REUTERS