The Hindu : India, Pak. to exchange nuclear lists

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Friday, Dec 27, 2002

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India, Pak. to exchange nuclear lists

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD DEC. 26. India and Pakistan are to exchange the lists of their nuclear installations on January 1 under an agreement that prohibits India and Pakistan attacking each other's nuclear installations.

The exchange of lists, covered under the agreement on the prohibition of attack against nuclear installations and facilities between India and Pakistan, would be carried out through diplomatic channels, simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad.

Even at the height of tension at the end of last year, both countries exchanged information on the nuclear installations and demonstrated their commitment against attack on each other's nuclear installations.

According to the agreement on the exchange, signed on December 31, 1988 and enforced on January 27, 1991, ndia and Pakistan have to inform each other on January 1 every year of the nuclear installations and facilities to be covered by the agreement. The first such exchange of lists took place on January 1, 1992.

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