Pakistan handed over a list of its nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Indian High Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday as part of an agreement between the two countries, said a statement by the Foreign Office.
Similarly, The Indian Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi handed over the list of Indian Nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Pakistan High Commission.
The annual exchange is mandated by Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India, signed on December 31, 1988. It has been implemented consecutively since January 1, 1992.
In June, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a leading US non-proliferation watchdog, ranked Pakistan as the most improved in security of those countries holding nuclear materials, improving its overall score by seven points.
“Pakistan’s improvements in the Security and Control Measures category are significant because strengthened laws and regulations result in durable boosts in Pakistan’s score as well as provide sustainable security benefits,” the watchdog said in its annual report.
The NTI Nuclear Security Index is a public benchmarking project of nuclear security conditions on a country-by-country basis in 176 countries.
