Pakistan and neighboring India exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities on Sunday as part of a 1988 pact that prohibits them from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities, according to official statements from both sides.
Pakistan and India have had tense relations since their independence from colonial British rule in 1947 over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
They fought three wars, built up their armies and developed nuclear weapons. India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974 and Pakistan conducted its first test in 1988.
The lists were simultaneously forwarded through the respective diplomats in Islamabad and Delhi.
India and Pakistan also exchanged lists of prisoners in custody as part of a 2008 agreement.
Pakistan shared a list of 705 Indians, 51 civilians and 654 fishermen detained. India shared a list of 434 Pakistanis in custody, 339 civilians and 95 fishermen.
India and Pakistan arrest each other’s fishermen for crossing the unmarked maritime boundary between them. Their maritime security agencies seize the boats and imprison the fishermen, who are usually released only after negotiations between the two countries. They normally spend years behind bars without a formal trial.
The 2008 agreement allows each side consular access to prisoners and requires them to exchange lists of prisoners in custody every January and July.
Pakistan has also separately sought consular access to its missing defense personnel from the 1965 and 1971 wars and special consular access to another 56 civilian prisoners.
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