ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Pakistan stated it had handed an inventory of nuclear installations and services within the nation to the Indian mission in Islamabad on Sunday below a decades-old settlement between the 2 nuclear-armed rivals.

The neighbours have fought three wars and have had various navy skirmishes lately. Last 12 months an Indian missile launched unintentionally 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 an announcement.

It added that, below 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 Affair’s Ministry didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters’ request for remark.

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

With the assistance of China, Pakistan has lately elevated its use of nuclear vitality 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.

Reporting by Gibran Peshimam; extra reporting by Manoj Kumar in New Delhi; Editing by Kim Coghill

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