Pakistan stated it had handed an inventory of nuclear installations and services within the nation to the Indian mission in Islamabad on Sunday beneath a decades-old settlement between the 2 nuclear-armed rivals.

The neighbours have fought three wars and have had quite a lot of army skirmishes lately. Last 12 months, an Indian missile launched by chance landed in Pakistan, setting off alarms the world over.

“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 international workplace stated in a press release.

It added that, beneath an settlement signed between the 2 in 1988, lists are exchanged yearly on the primary of January, and that India had concurrently handed over an inventory to the Pakistani mission in New Delhi.

India’s External Affairs Ministry didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

The observe of exchanging the lists has been persevering with since January 1, 1992.

With the assistance of China, Pakistan has lately elevated its use of nuclear power to fulfill rising demand for electrical energy. Pakistan first formally examined nuclear weapons in 1998 and has since developed a big stockpile of nuclear succesful missiles, as has India.