India, Pak exchange lists of nuclear installations

New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) India and Pakistan Friday
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 their nuclear 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 has continued even when the
relations witnessed chill. PTI