India and Pakistan exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities on Sunday, pursuant to the “Treaty on the Prohibition of Attacks on Nuclear Installations and Equipment”, signed by the two countries in 1988.
Under this agreement, the two countries inform each other about their nuclear installations on January 1 each year, without disclosing details of their installations.
According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the lists were exchanged diplomatically simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, a tradition dating back nearly three decades, noting that this was the 32nd consecutive exchange of the lists, the first of which occurred on 1 January 1992.
The two countries have also exchanged lists of their nationals being held in both countries’ prisons, as part of a consular access agreement signed in May 2008.
According to an Indian External Affairs Ministry statement, New Delhi is currently hosting 339 Pakistani civilian prisoners and 95 fishermen, while Pakistan has shared a list of 51 civilian prisoners and 654 fishermen who are Indian citizens or believed to be Indian citizens, adding that it asked Pakistan “to expedite their release.” Indian civil prisoners who have served their sentences and sinners whose nationality has been confirmed and sent to Pakistan”.
The signing of the agreement in 2008 made it possible to accelerate the identification and release of hundreds of prisoners, the majority of whom are fishermen.
With MAP
