Pakistan and neighboring India exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities on Sunday as part of a 1988 pact that bars them from attacking each other’s nuclear installations, according to the official statements from both sides.
The countries have had strained relations since their independence from colonial British rule in 1947 over the Himalayan region of Kashmir. They have fought three wars since and have had a number of military skirmishes in recent years.
Meanwhile, both countries built up their armies and developed nuclear weapons. India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974, while Pakistan carried out its first test in 1988.
Last year an Indian missile accidentally landed in Pakistan, setting off alarm bells across the world.
The lists regarding data about nuclear facilities and assets are exchanged annually on Jan. 1 and it’s said India had simultaneously handed over a list to the Pakistani mission in New Delhi. This practice has been in place since 1992.
“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,” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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